npm install hangs

I had the same problem. The reason – wrong proxy was configured and because of that npm was unable to download packages. So your best bet is to the see the output of and identify the problem. If you have never configured proxy, then possible causes can be Very outdated npm version. Some problem with … Read more

How to disable auto-start of “Node.js: Server-side JavaScript” when using Adobe Dreamweaver?

Solution: One suggestion in Adobe Forums was to log out of CC. Instead, I disabled all the CC auto-updating services that run when my PC starts up. Here are directions on how to disable startup programs in Windows. Hypothesis: I couldn’t find any documentation specifically about Adobe CC and node.js, but I believe its being used as part … Read more

How to disable auto-start of “Node.js: Server-side JavaScript” when using Adobe Dreamweaver?

Solution: One suggestion in Adobe Forums was to log out of CC. Instead, I disabled all the CC auto-updating services that run when my PC starts up. Here are directions on how to disable startup programs in Windows. Hypothesis: I couldn’t find any documentation specifically about Adobe CC and node.js, but I believe its being used as part … Read more

How npm start runs a server on port 8000

If you will look at package.json file. you will see something like this This tells start a http-server at address of localhost on port 8000 http-server is a node-module. Update:- Including comment by @Usman, ideally it should be present in your package.json but if it’s not present you can include it in scripts section.