How to Send and Receive SMS Messages with Node.js

Here is a neutral and interesting summary of the provided text: To send an SMS message with Node.js and the Vonage Messages API, developers need to install the Vonage Node.js SDK, run ngrok to expose a local development server to the Internet, create an SMS-enabled application using the Vonage API Dashboard, enable the Messages capability, provide an Inbound URL and Status URL, link one or more virtual numbers to this application, and use the vonage.messages.send method to send an SMS message. To receive SMS messages with Node.js, developers need to create a web server using Express, create a POST request handler for the inbound URL, log the request body to the console, and send back a 200 status. With these steps, developers can extend their project to reply to incoming SMS messages or include more complex elements for future SMS needs.