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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Installing Global Packages

jenyufu
jenyufu
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Posted by jenyufu
jenyufu
3,311 Points

Where is the ajax file? I don't see the ajax file that the instructor uses for his server.

The file isn't including in the teacher's notes either.

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Stephen Gheysens
Stephen Gheysens
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Stephen Gheysens
Stephen Gheysens
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jenyufu that is correct, it looks like the files in Andrew Chalkley 's ajax_example folder isn't available for students.

As he mentioned in the video, all of that is in the directory is a small app with AJAX calls. Normally, html files served from the 'file:///' extension will not execute jQuery - and that's why we globally install the http-server package. The main takeaway from this lesson is that once you install a package globally (with 'npm install [packageName] -g'), you can call its functions from any directory. He might not have included the app to avoid distracting from this lesson.