Lesson 6. Writing better routes and serving external files
In lesson 5, you directed URL traffic with a routing system that matched request URLs to custom responses. In this lesson, you learn how to serve whole HTML files and assets such as client-side JavaScript, CSS, and images. Say goodbye to plain-text responses. At the end of the lesson, you improve your route code and place your logic in its own module for cleaner organization.
This lesson covers
- Serving entire HTML files by using the fs module
- Serving static assets
- Creating a router module
It’s time to build a basic recipe website. The site should have three static pages with some images and styling. You quickly realize that all the applications you’ve built ...
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