How to install express from the command line using express-generator and use EJS template engine

1) Install express-generator globally("-g") if you don't have it already

npm install express-generator -g

2.1) Check available commands

express -h 

Result(in express version: 4.13.4):

  Usage: express [options] [dir]

  Options:
-h, --help          output usage information
-V, --version       output the version number
-e, --ejs           add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
    --hbs           add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan         add hogan.js engine support
-c, --css <engine>  add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
    --git           add .gitignore
-f, --force         force on non-empty directory

2.2) Generate an Express app with chosen preferences

express --ejs --git my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore

Result:

   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/package.json
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/app.js
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/.gitignore
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/public
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/public/javascripts
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/public/images
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/public/stylesheets
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/public/stylesheets/style.css
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/routes
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/routes/index.js
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/routes/users.js
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/views
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/views/index.ejs
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/views/error.ejs
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/bin
   create : my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore/bin/www

   install dependencies:
     $ cd my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore && npm install

   run the app:
     $ DEBUG=my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore:* npm start

3) Navigate into the app directory and use NPM to install dependencies

cd my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore
npm install

Result:

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4) Start the server

DEBUG=my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore:* npm start

Result:

[email protected] start C:\Users\Marian\OneDrive\Documente\Practice\Node\express_generator_2\my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore
node ./bin/www
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:51:25 GMT my_app_with_ejs_and_gitignore:server Listening on port 3000

5) See the result in the browser
Open a browser and navigate to: http://localhost:3000/

The page should contain the following text:
Express
Welcome to Express