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Parameters and Routing

To review, the typical structure of an Express.js app (which is usually a server.js orapp.js file) roughly consists of these parts, in the order shown:

  1. Dependencies: A set of statements to import dependencies
  2. Instantiations: A set of statements to create objects
  3. Configurations: A set of statements to configure system and custom settings
  4. Middleware: A set of statements that is executed for every incoming request
  5. Routes: A set of statements that defines server routes, endpoints, and pages
  6. Bootup: A set of statements that starts the server and makes it listen on a specific port for incoming requests

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