Merge pull request #2 from node-girls/node-cheatsheet

Node cheatsheet

README.md

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-# cheatsheets
+# Cheatsheets
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+A set of cheatsheets and glossary terms that will be useful for completing the Node Girls workshops.
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+* [Node Cheatsheet](https://github.com/node-girls/cheatsheets/master/node-cheatsheet.md)

node-cheatsheet.md

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+# Node Cheatsheet
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+A glossary of terms for Node.js.
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+| Term           | Meaning |
+|----------------|----------------------------------|
+| `Node.js`      | JavaScript for servers. |
+| `web server`   | Program that processes requests for the internet via HTTP. |
+| `HTTP`         | Short for HyperText Transfer Protocol. The set of standards for transferring files over the internet. |
+| `npm`          | Package manager for Node.js. Allows you to install and publish open source Node projects. |
+| `npm package`  | Open source Node project, published on npm. |
+| `npm init`     | Command run in the terminal to initialise your Node project and create a package.json file. |
+| `npm install <package-name>`  | Command run in the terminal to install an npm package. |
+| `package.json` | File holding various metadata about a Node project, such as project name, description or license information, installed packages (or dependencies). Usually located in the root directory. Package.json cheatsheet [here](http://browsenpm.org/package-json). |
+| `dependencies` | Packages installed from npm that are necessary to run the project successfully. Listed in the package.json. |