Web_server

CORN WEBSERVER

Creating a Web Server API Using Express.

Requirements:

1. node.js
2. Express - module.
3. Nodemon - module.
4. Mocha - module.
5. Chai - module.

Process:

1. Npm init -y
2. npm install express nodemon mocha chai --save-dev
3. node or
4. Start nodmone server
5. Create a script: "devStart": "nodemon server.js"
6. Run npm run devStart

Views:

You can use a view to renderer for your html templates:

1. ejs
2. pug Embedded Javascript Templating:

npm install ejs --save-dev app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // ejs or pug

mocha and chai:

These tools are used for testing and debugging. You can use them with Sinon module to spy on the app functions.

Router in Express:

Create a new router for each file in the application. const router = express.Router() app.use('/', router) => in the Routes folder

concepts : express, routes, rendering, middleware, backend, views, params, responses, requests, testing,