Node js console log not logging anything

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Trying out node js for the first time  Set up node  set up the example app from the nodejs org site  Can start the server fine  but console log   isn t actually logging anything  Tried the Javascript console in Chrome  Firefox  and Safari - nothing appears in the log  Also checked Console on my Mac just for kicks  nothing was there either  What am I missing    Here s the example code that works but doesn t log anything    var http   require  http    http createServer function  req  res      res writeHead 200    Content-Type    text plain       res end  Hello World n       listen 1337   127 0 0 1    console log  Server running at http   127 0 0 1 1337

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This can be confusing for anyone using nodejs for the first time. It is actually possible to pipe your node console output to the browser console. Take a look at connect-browser-logger on github

UPDATE: As pointed out by Yan, connect-browser-logger appears to be defunct. I would recommend NodeMonkey as detailed here : Output to Chrome console from Node.js

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In a node js server console log outputs to the terminal window  not to the browser s console window   How are you running your server  You should see the output directly after you start it

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Using modern --inspect with node the console log is captured and relayed to the browser   node --inspect myApp js   or to capture early logging --inspect-brk can be used to stop the program on the first line of the first module     node --inspect-brk myApp js

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