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Revision as of 12:49, 17 August 2020
Express.js, also known as Express, is a Node.js web-framework.
Getting Started
To create a project, do
npx express-generator
or
npm i -g express-generator express [dir]
See express starter generator for more details.
Usage
Routing
See Guide: Routing
Database
See Express database integration
Express does not provide any special methods for interacting with databases.
Below are some ways of interacting with databases.
- Sequelize is an object-relation mapping (ORM) for Node. It supports Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and Microsoft SQL Server.
- TypeORM is another ORM from Node.
- Knex.js is an SQL query builder.
- Objection.js is another ORM built on Knex.js.
Libraries
- express-ws adds websocket endpoints for express.