Express 101
summary
Quick hands‑on primer showing real Express code: basic app.get/app.post routes, res.send versus res.render, JSON body parsing, and using process.env.PORT for deploys. Demonstrates the scaffolding trick with express generator, hot reload with nodemon, switching templates from Jade to Handlebars, mounting controllers via a setup pattern, and namespacing APIs with express.namespace for versioning. Ends with a practical MVC alternative using Locomotive built on Express so you see how a scalable API structure actually gets organized and run.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 3:48Why Even Use Express
- 6:34App Jas File
- 9:38Sample Code
- 10:07Setting the Environment Variables for Express
- 11:02Views Folder
- 19:48Handlebars
- 27:32Export Setup
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