Use Express

Express is the most popular Web development framework created by TJ, and the latest version of it is 4.x.

Hello World in Express

Here is a simple snippet code using Express, return a string Hello World via method res.send():

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.send('Hello World');
});
app.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('Express server started.');
});

Run app.js:

node app.js

Express generator

Express also provide a tool to generate project in seconds like other popular web frameworks: Express Generator

• Install

npm install -g express-generator

• Generate project

express test

Enter the folder and install all the dependencies:

cd test && npm install

Now you are able to run this project with npm start. Awesome!