From 56e68d5adf671248d7a60671f54eb910d86eaaee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SowinskiBraeden <braeden@sowinski.dev>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:49:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add readme

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+# setup your project
+
+1. Create NPM project, hit enter till done
+```bash
+npm init
+```
+
+2. Install express
+```bash
+npm install express
+```
+
+3. Install nodemon (optional)
+```
+npm install --save-dev nodemon
+```
+
+4. Edit package.json
+In `"scripts"` create an entry for the main program and nodemon
+```json
+"start": "node index.js",
+"dev": "nodemon index.js"
+```
+
+replace index.js with the name of your express server file.
+
+Run with either
+```
+npm start
+```
+
+or for nodemon.
+
+```
+npm run dev
+```