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								id: 587d7fb0367417b2b2512bed
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								title: Meet the Node console
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								challengeType: 2
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								forumTopicId: 301515
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								dashedName: meet-the-node-console
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								# --description--
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								During the development process, it is important to be able to check what’s going on in your code.
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								Node is just a JavaScript environment. Like client side JavaScript, you can use the console to display useful debug information. On your local machine, you would see console output in a terminal. On Repl.it, a terminal is open in the right pane by default.
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								We recommend to keep the terminal open while working at these challenges. By reading the output in the terminal, you can see any errors that may occur.
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								# --instructions--
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								If you have not already done so, please read the instructions in [the introduction](/learn/apis-and-microservices/basic-node-and-express/) and start a new project on Repl.it using [this link](https://repl.it/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-express).
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								Modify the `myApp.js` file to log "Hello World" to the console.
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								# --hints--
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								`"Hello World"` should be in the console
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								```js
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								(getUserInput) =>
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								  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/hello-console').then(
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								    (data) => {
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								      assert.isTrue(data.passed, '"Hello World" is not in the server console');
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								    },
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								    (xhr) => {
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								      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
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								    }
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								  );
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								```
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								# --solutions--
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								```js
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								/**
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								  Backend challenges don't need solutions, 
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								  because they would need to be tested against a full working project. 
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								  Please check our contributing guidelines to learn more.
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								*/
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								```
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