Lesson 8. Setting up an app with Express.js

Building a web application has become a simpler task with the addition of web frameworks. A web framework in Node.js is a module that offers structure to your application. Through this structure, you can easily build and customize the way your application feels without worrying about building certain features from scratch, such as serving individual files. By the end of this lesson, you’ll know where to begin with web frameworks and how the one used in this book, Express.js, can reduce the time it takes you to get your application running.

This lesson covers

  • Setting up a Node.js application with Express.js
  • Navigating a web framework
Consider this

Your static web app from unit 1 is a ...

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