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Simple Node.js Dev Server with Auto-Reload for HTML/CSS/JS

Greetings. 😃 Sometimes, all we need is an HTML , a little CSS , and some JS — no React circus, no Vite firehose. But we still want our page to reload when we tweak a pixel. In here, we will use Browsersync 🏆 Node.js package. And of course, you need to install Node.js first on your system. For code editor, I use VSCode 🏆 . Assuming Node.js is already installed. To check installed Node.js version on your system, open your terminal (Command Prompt / PowerShell — Windows) then type: node --version We can employ nvm to make Node.js installation easier to manage. Available for Windows ( nvm-windows ) and Linux (default nvm project — for Debian, Arch, Fedora, Slackware, etc. — provided you've got bash , zsh , or any POSIX-compliant shell.) For macOs, we can install default nvm project — use Homebrew , add env to profile. In this setup, I use Node.js v22.12.0 . Setup Let's do this on Windows 11 operating system — with Node.j...

The Requested Operation Requires Elevation

This response in Windows terminal: The requested operation requires elevation. 🤨 What in bleating sheep does that mean? Elevation? 🤔 Of what? Spirit? Cholesterol? Was I trying to open a gateway to the underworld via syntax? Hm. Indeed, it means the execution needs administrator privilege. But the phrasing is utterly woolgathering . 🐏 My phrasing would be: The command needs administrator role. Or a rare breed of civilised Unix: Access denied: please run as administrator. Civilised, because of the "please" and the explanation. No such entity is recognised in Unix. It's like a drill sergeant says woogie boogie bababa and smiles at us. That should mean procession toward 1,000 push-ups. Quite right, with the marching band. Or proper Unix: Access denied. Why? Guess, mortal. Or powdered wig: Execution of the entered instruction necessitates administrator-level authority. It's not hard, is it? We should understand it. Well, necessitate , I know...

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