#                       NODE JS

By [coinvest](https://paragraph.com/@coinvest) · 2023-10-21

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NPM project initialization

`npm init -y`

Import Express

`const express = require("express");`

Activate EJS view engine

`app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));`

Parse incoming request bodies

`app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));`

Serve static files (e.g. CSS files)

`app.use(express.static('public'));`

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