Express Part 2 - Static Files

A basic example of Express.js.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

# if you use SSH
~$ git clone [email protected]:tonyfosterdev/express-pt2-static-files.git

# if you use HTTPS
~$ git clone https://github.com/tonyfosterdev/express-pt2-static-files.git

2. Navigate to application folder and install npm dependencies

~$ cd express-pt2-static-files
~/express-pt2-static-files$ npm install

3. Start the application

~/express-pt2-static-files$ npm run start

4. Optionally, build and run in a docker container

~/express-pt2-static-files$ docker build -t <docker-user-name>/express-pt2-static-files .
~/express-pt2-static-files$ docker run -p 3000:3000 -d <docker-user-name>/express-pt2-static-files

Demonstrate

When the application is running, navigate to http://localhost:3000 in a browser.

Credits

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