Pro Express.js

CHAPTER 1

Starting with Express.js

Express.js is a web framework based on the core Node.js http module¹ and Connect² components. Those components are called middleware. They are the cornerstone of the framework’s philosophy, which is configuration over convention. Some developers familiar with Ruby compare Express.js to Sinatra, which has a very different approach from the Ruby on Rails framework that favors convention over configuration. In other words, developers are free to pick whatever libraries they need for a particular project. This approach provides them with flexibility and the capability to highly customize their projects.

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