Express Crash Course

Get started with the most popular web framework for Node.js.

Code from Video:

https://github.com/bradtraversy/express-crash/

Node.js Crash Course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32M1al-Y6Ag

14+ Hour Node.js API Masterclass Course:

https://www.traversymedia.com/node-js-api-masterclass

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro & Slides

0:53 - What is Express?

2:28 - Opinionated vs Unopinionated

4:10 - Prerequisites

5:18 - What we'll cover

6:45 - Express Setup

9:00 - Basic Server

13:10 - --watch Flag & NPM Scripts

15:25 - res.sendFile() Method

18:00 - Static Web Server

19:48 - Working with JSON

22:35 - Postman Utility

23:45 - Environment Variables (.env)

26:30 - Request Params (req.params)

29:35 - Query Strings (req.query)

33:19 - Setting Status Codes

36:40 - Multiple responses

37:35 - Route Files

41:40 - Using ES Modules

43:47 - Request Body Data

47:53 - POST Request

50:23 - PUT Request

53:23 - DELETE Request

55:44 - Middleware

1:00:24 - Custom Error Handler

1:08:30 - Catch All Error Middleware

1:10:47 - Colors Package

1:14:17 - Using Controllers

1:20:45 - __dirname Workaround

1:24:29 - Making Requests From Frontend

1:30:03 - Submit Form to API

1:36:00 - EJS Template Engine Setup

1:41:15 - Pass Data to Views

1:42:50 - Pass and Loop Over Arrays

1:44:20 - Template Partials