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Express.js and Node.js as a prototyping medium
- grownseed 13y agoPrototyping with Express is definitely a great way to get started quickly. The one thing I'd say for newcomers is that it can get messy pretty quickly (mostly when it comes to the files), which anybody with MVC habits will probably notice relatively quickly. I made this https://github.com/grownseed/NodeExpressStartingPoint/tree/v0.2.0 https://github.com/grownseed/NodeExpressStartingPoint/tree/v... a while back, it helps me get started even more quickly and it attempts to keep the file structure relatively manageable.
- monkmartinez 13y agoExpress is a nice framework and all, but you need to have a pretty deep understanding of Node AND JS to actually do something. Are we just designing? If so, run the command below in the directory of files: $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...