Let's start creating the Notes application as before, by using the Express generator to give us a starting point:

$ mkdir notes
$ cd notes
$ npm install express-generator@4.x
$ ./node_modules/.bin/express --view=hbs --git .
destination is not empty, continue? [y/N] y

   create : .
   create : ./package.json
   create : ./app.js
   create : ./.gitignore
   create : ./public
   create : ./routes
   create : ./routes/index.js
   create : ./routes/users.js
   create : ./views
   create : ./views/index.hbs
   create : ./views/layout.hbs
   create : ./views/error.hbs
   create : ./bin
   create : ./bin/www
   create : ./public/stylesheets
   create : ./public/stylesheets/style.css

   install dependencies:
     $ cd . && npm install

   run the app:
     $ DEBUG=notes:* npm start

   create : ./public/javascripts
   create : ./public/images
$ npm install
added 82 packages and removed 5 packages in 97.188s
$ npm uninstall express-generator
up to date in 8.325s

If you wish, you can run npm start and view the blank application in your browser. Instead, let's move on to setting up the code.