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Kevin Becerra
14,243 PointsWhy is port 3000 the best port to use when running a node.js application?
Just wanted to know.
1 Answer
eck
43,038 PointsAs long as you are using a port < 1024, it doesn't actually matter what port you use, so long as the port is not already in use.
Ports < 1024 are priviledged ports and not intended to run normal servers from.
I may very well be wrong, but I suspect we see port 3000 so often just because defaulting to it caught on, similar to how "Hello world" is used in so many tutorials.