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Original author TJ Holowaychuk
Developers OpenJS Foundation and others
Initial release 16 November 2010; 15 years ago (2010-11-16)
Original author TJ Holowaychuk
Developers OpenJS Foundation and others
Initial release 16 November 2010; 15 years ago (2010-11-16)
npm
npmjs.com › package › express
express - npm
1 week ago - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework. Latest version: 5.2.1, last published: 8 days ago. Start using express in your project by running `npm i express`. There are 95679 other projects in the npm registry using express.
» npm install express
Published Dec 01, 2025
Version 5.2.1
Author TJ Holowaychuk
Repository https://github.com/expressjs/express
Homepage https://expressjs.com/
node.js - Install express js with npm - Stack Overflow
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Won't doing npm install express in every project just keep taking up space?
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What is the difference the npm packages @types/express and express
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Why are you still using express?
We use express in old and couple of new node projects, since all mentioned boilerplate is already coded, refactored and the same within all our projects, so to keep structure and ease of updating things, we keep it this way (all db migrations, connectors like redis, mongo, logger and catalog structure). It just works wonders when introducing someone new to project :) With all above, I can now say, we are exploring writing upcoming service in NestJS to keep things even more structured More on reddit.com
Videos
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express - npm search
Express middleware to handle OpenAPI 3.x.
Top answer 1 of 3
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For install Express in ubuntu via npm (Follow following steps)
First open terminal by 'ctrl + alt + t'
- Check nodejs is installed or not by command :- node -v
- Inter following path into terminal :- cd /var/www/html
- Create new folder (manually) or by command line :- mkdir nodeTest
- Enter in "nodeTest" folder :- cd nodeTest
- Create 'package.json' :- npm init //initialize node project (nodeTest)
- install Express :- sudo npm install express --save
Now open the 'nodeTest' folder from following path in your system :- /var/www/html/nodeTest
Now create :- index.js
index.js
var express = required("express");
var app = express();
app.get("/", function (req, res) {
res.send(" Welcome Node js ");
});
app.listen(8000, function () {
console.log("Node server is runing on port 8000...");
});
Runnig node server by terminal command :- node index.js
Now check url :- "localhost:8000"
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As I said in my comment, ExpressJS it's a framework for developing servers. It's not a server by itself.
You should create a npm project (with npm init) and you can install it as a dependency with npm install express --save. Then refer to the "Hello World" example to see how to create a simple server: Hello World Starter
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('Hello World!');
});
app.listen(3000, function () {
console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!');
});
Also, you may want to serve static files by using
app.use(express.static('name_of_the_directory'));
MDN Web Docs
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Express/Node introduction - Learn web development | MDN
Most apps will use third-party middleware in order to simplify common web development tasks like working with cookies, sessions, user authentication, accessing request POST and JSON data, logging, etc. You can find a list of middleware packages maintained by the Express team (which also includes other popular 3rd party packages). Other Express packages are available on the npm package manager.
npm
npmjs.com › package › express-session
express-session - npm
July 17, 2025 - Simple session middleware for Express. Latest version: 1.18.2, last published: 5 months ago. Start using express-session in your project by running `npm i express-session`. There are 5207 other projects in the npm registry using express-session.
» npm install express-session
Published Jul 17, 2025
Version 1.18.2
Author TJ Holowaychuk
Repository https://github.com/expressjs/session
Simplilearn
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W3Schools
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Node.js Express.js
The Express Application Generator is a tool that helps you quickly create an Express application skeleton. ... # Install the generator globally npm install -g express-generator # Create a new Express application express --view=ejs myapp # Navigate ...
npm
npmjs.com › package › @types › express
@types/express - npm
1 week ago - TypeScript definitions for express. Latest version: 5.0.6, last published: 8 days ago. Start using @types/express in your project by running `npm i @types/express`. There are 15954 other projects in the npm registry using @types/express.
» npm install @types/express
Published Dec 01, 2025
Version 5.0.6
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October 13, 2022 - NPM is Node.js's built-in package manager by default, and Express js is the framework of Node js, which is fully built-in Javascript. Click here to know more.
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npm
npmjs.com › package › express-validator
express-validator - npm
3 weeks ago - Express middleware for the validator module.. Latest version: 7.3.1, last published: 19 days ago. Start using express-validator in your project by running `npm i express-validator`. There are 11972 other projects in the npm registry using express-validator.
» npm install express-validator
Published Nov 19, 2025
Version 7.3.1
Author Christoph Tavan
Homepage https://express-validator.github.io
TutorialsPoint
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Node.js - Express Framework
Express.js provides all the features of a modern web framework, such as templating, static file handling, connectivity with SQL and NoSQL databases.