To use Express, we will first install Express, then add and configure it in the server/express.js file.
From the command line, run the following command to install the express module with the --save flag, so the package.json file is automatically updated:
npm install express --save
Once Express is installed, we can import it into the express.js file, configure as required, and make it available to the rest of the app.
mern-skeleton/server/express.js:
import express from 'express'const app = express() /*... configure express ... */export default app
To handle HTTP requests and serve responses properly, we will use the following modules to configure Express:
- body-parser: Body parsing middleware to handle the complexities ...
