node.exe does not read file, but returns ellipsis (...) - node.js

Question

End feb 2014 I downloaded node to c:\dev\0.10\ of my windows 7 machine, and node.exe opens fine.
Inspired by Smashing Node (some book), I want to achieve the following:
Firefox shows the plain text Smashing Node! if i point it to localhost:3000 and run in the node console
node my-web-server.js
where my-web-server.js file next to node.exe contains
require('http').createServer(function(req,res){res.writeHead(200, ('Content-Type', 'text/html'));res.end('<marquee>Smashing Node!</marquee>');}).listen(3000);;
but I fail: browser says
cannot connect with webserver on localhost:3000.
If paste the above oneliner in node it reacts with
{ domain: null,
_events: ..etc... }
Ignoring that, browser F5 results in Smashing Node!.
Node refuses the simplest of files, say have a file called hello.js next to node.exe and file contains the ascii text
console.log("hello");
i type:
node hello.js
node returns
...
(an ellipsis in dark gray)
Expected was: node returns hello
i type a file that does not exist like this:
node die
node returns
...
if i type
var http = require('http');
node:
undefined
(in a darkish gray) Expected was: something like ok, especially since the above oneliner resulted in a web server.
If however i type
npm install colors
node reacts with
npm should be run outside of the node repl, in your normal shell. (Press Control-D to exit.)
of course
node --version
also responds with an ellipsis.
What can i do?
How do i make node to process files?

Answer 1

You need to run node hello.js (and npm) on your command line shell (e.g. cmd.com or Windows PowerShell).
You are trying to run it in the Node REPL (node console), where you are expected to type only JavaScript.

Answer 2

It's hard to tell where the Smashing Node failed, particularly as a one-liner. The code runs OK on my machine, but you can split the code as follow and add a few console.log() to see how is executing:
console.log('about to start listening for requests');
require('http').createServer( function(req,res) {
console.log('a request was received', req.url);
res.writeHead(200, ('Content-Type', 'text/html'));
res.end('<marquee>Smashing Node!</marquee>');
}).listen(3000);;
console.log('listening for requests');
Save this code as my-web-server.js as you did before and then run from the command line "node my-web-server.js" and point your browser to localhost:3000
Also, I've got a very basic Node.js tutorial that might help you with the basics: http://hectorcorrea.com/#/blog/introduction-to-node-js/51