Chapter 7: Using Express with Node.js

We saw in the previous chapter that a program for the Node.js server is an assembly of different modules. Many modules have been created by Node.js developers, which can be inserted into our programs using the npm utility (see Chapter 6, Creating and Using Node.js Modules). One of these modules is called Express. It is one of the most used modules with Node.js because it allows you to structure server programs according to the Model View Controller (MVC) model.

In this chapter, we’ll study how to create a Node.js application while respecting the characteristics of the MVC model by using the Express module.

Here are the topics we will cover:

• Using the Node.js http module
• Installing the Express module
• The MVC pattern used by Express
• Using routes with Express
• Displaying views with Express

Node.js integrates into its internal modules the possibility to create a web server using the http module internal to...