Summary

In this chapter, you created your first Express application and learned how to properly configure it. You arranged your files and folders in an organized structure and discovered alternative folder structures. You also created your first Express controller and learned how to call its methods using Express' routing mechanism. You rendered your first EJS view and learned how to serve static files. You also learned how to use express-session to track your users' behavior. In the next chapter, you'll learn how to save your application's persistent data using MongoDB.