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ExpressJS

What It Is?

  • Wep Application development framework based on NodeJS
  • Small Framework that does not slow your app down

What It Does

  • Takes care of a lot of common tasks when building a web app:
    • parsing Requests
    • Routing
    • Error Handling

Why Use It?

  • Fast
  • Minimal - Provides you only with the fundamental features for your app
  • Unopinioated - no default configurations in order for your to structure your app your own way
  • Simple - very easy to use, very simple to: install, use and read documentation
  • Unobtrusive - setup ExpressJS they way I want it to be used no prereq libs only libs of my choice

How To Install

npm install express --save

Different HTTP Requests You Can Make

How To Make A Get Request
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('This is a get request!')
})
How To Make A Post Request
app.post('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('This is a post request')
})
How To Make A Delete Request
app.delete('/user', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Deleting the user: /user')
})
How To Make A Put Request
app.put('/user', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Just Made a PUT request for /user')
})