Node.js apps *can* be even easier than that (only two necessary commands): `npm ...

0xCMP · on June 18, 2015

Actually you have `npm run named-command` too so you could get a go like thing going.

Lazare · on June 18, 2015

The start and test scripts are special, and can be called directly.

For an idiomatic node app, you'd clone the repo, then type `npm install` to get the dependencies, `npm test` to make sure the tests pass, and then `npm start` to run it.