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Node & Express

Routing, Middleware, and Server logic.

Node.jsExpressMiddleware
  • Initialize a Node.js project and install Express.
  • Create basic route handlers for GET and POST requests.
  • Implement and configure custom middleware functions.

01 Node.js Runtime & Express.js Viz

Definition

Node.js

An asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine.

Definition

Express.js

A minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications.

02 Routing & Middleware

Definition

Middleware

A function that acts as a bridge between the raw request and the final route handler (e.g., body-parsing, logging).

Deeper InsightThis built-in middleware is essential for parsing incoming JSON payloads; without it, request.body would be undefined. Click to collapse

Key Takeaways

  1. 1Node.js enables server-side JavaScript execution.
  2. 2Express.js simplifies routing and request handling.
  3. 3Middleware is the core architectural pattern of Express applications.

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