Bootstrapping a Sample Node.js Project
Explore how to bootstrap a Node.js project using the Express framework and prepare it for deployment with AWS CodePipeline. Understand project structure, create custom application routes, and test your app to ensure it serves different content on specified endpoints.
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Introduction
We can develop our applications using a variety of programming languages, one of which is Node.js. We will be looking at how to set up a Node.js project and prepare it for deployment using AWS CodePipeline. Express is a Node.js framework that simplifies the development of Node.js and has many built-in features. It can be installed using the node package manager npm using the command:
npm install express-generator -g
In this command, -g signifies the global flag.
A simple Node.js application can be generated via the command line using the express <appName> command where appName is the application name.
We can follow the steps below to create a Node.js application called sample_app:
- Use the command below to bootstrap the application.