Creating Routes and Handling Requests with Express

Short summary

Express.js simplifies Node.js web server development by providing clean routing, automatic body parsing, and response helpers that eliminate boilerplate of raw HTTP handling. This tutorial covers creating GET and POST routes, extracting route parameters, and handling query strings. By the end, you'll understand why Express is the go-to framework for building Node.js APIs.

• •Express provides clean routing and eliminates HTTP boilerplate compared to raw Node.js
• •Middleware like express.json() automatically handles body parsing and content types
• •Route parameters and query strings are easily extracted via req.params and req.query

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