Installing Express
Installing Express is pretty straightforward, especially if you have Node installed already. Even if you don't have Node installed, you need not worry, because I will show you how to install Express from scratch, and that includes installing Node.
If you are on a Windows or Mac machine, installing Node is very easy—just download the respective installer from http://nodejs.org/download/. On Linux machines, the installation process is a little more elaborate. I will show you how to install Node on an Ubuntu machine.
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For a relatively easier and cleaner installation of Node, you can use Node Version Manager (nvm). Besides installing Node, it will help you flexibly switch to any version of Node right on your machine. Read more ...
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