Overview of Express web framework for Node.js
Express is a popular Node.js web framework that provides a minimal and flexible set of tools for building web applications. Its core capabilities include:
- Routing: Defining different handlers for various HTTP methods and URL paths.
- Template Rendering: Integrating rendering engines to inject data into templates for responses.
- Application Configuration: Setting common web application parameters, such as the connection port and template locations.
- Middleware: Adding custom processing layers into the request-response cycle to handle tasks like cookies, sessions, authentication, URL parameters, POST data, and security headers.