Express

Insanely fast (and small) server-side JavaScript web development framework built on node and Connect.

 var app = express.createServer();
 
 app.get('/', function(req, res){
   res.send('Hello World');
 });
 
 app.listen(3000);

Installation

$ npm install express

Features

Robust routing
Redirection helpers
Dynamic view helpers
Content negotiation
Focus on high performance
View rendering and partials support
Environment based configuration
Session based flash notifications
Built on Connect
High test coverage
Executable for generating applications quickly
Application level view options

Via Connect:

Session support
Cache API
Mime helpers
ETag support
Persistent flash notifications
Cookie support
JSON-RPC
Logging
and much more!

Contributors

The following are the major contributors of Express (in no specific order).

TJ Holowaychuk (visionmedia)
Ciaran Jessup (ciaranj)
Aaron Heckmann (aheckmann)
Guillermo Rauch (guille)

More Information

express-configure async configuration support
express-messages flash notification rendering helper
express-namespace namespaced route support
Follow tjholowaychuk on twitter for updates
Google Group for discussion
Visit the Wiki
Screencast - Introduction
Screencast - View Partials
Screencast - Route Specific Middleware
Screencast - Route Path Placeholder Preconditions

Node Compatibility

Express 1.x is compatible with node 0.2.x and connect < 1.0.

Express 2.x is compatible with node 0.4.x and connect 1.x

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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