Express

• Node.js is very low level
• Express is a framework
  • Request routing
  • Middleware for
    • Url decoding
    • Query string parsing
    • File uploads
    • etc …

Getting Express

• Get express npm install express
• Require it!

var express = require('express');
app = express();

app.get('/', function(request, response){
        response.write("Hello");
        response.end();
});

app.listen(8000);

Slugs

• Can use slugs in express routing

var express = require('express');
app = express();

app.get('/hello/:name', function(request, response){
        response.write("Hello " + request.params.name);
        response.end();
});

app.listen(8000);