Node.js is a JavaScript-based platform built on Google Chrome’s JavaScript V8 Engine. Node.js allows us to run JavaScript on the server.
Create a file name app.js and paste below code like below screenshot
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.end('Hello Maxester!');
}).listen(8000);
After this run below command
node app
screenshot below
After run above command open you browser and run the below URL
http://localhost:8000/
Output come like this
If this comes then your node js sample code working fine on your system.
If you still face issue please cross check with the installation of Node Js on your system.