Express in Action

Description

Express.js is a web application framework for Node.js. Express organizes your server-side javascript into testable, maintainable modules. It provides a powerful set of features to efficiently manage routes, requests, and views along with beautiful boilerplate for your web applications. Express helps you concentrate on what your application does instead of managing time-consuming technical details.Express in Action teaches you how to build web applications using Node and Express. It starts by introducing Nodes powerful traits and shows you how they map to the features of Express. Youll explore key development techniques, meet the rich ecosystem of companion tools and libraries, and get a glimpse into its inner workings. By the end of the book, youll be able to use Express to build a Node app and know how to test it, hook it up to a database, and automate the dev process.