mdahamshi/express-basic

📄 README.md

# Basic Node/Express Server

A simple Node.js and Express.js server setup for learning or bootstrapping a backend project.

## 🚀 Features

- Fast and lightweight Express server
- `.env` support via `dotenv`
- JSON body parsing middleware
- Basic routing (GET, POST)
- 404 handler for unknown routes

## 🛠️ Tech Stack

- Node.js
- Express.js
- dotenv
- ejs

## 📂 Folder Structure

my-app/
├── server.js # Main server entry point
├── package.json # Project config and dependencies
└── .env # Environment variables

## 🧪 Installation

1. Clone the repo:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/your-username/basic-node-express.git
   cd basic-node-express

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Create a .env file:

   PORT=3000

4. Start the server:

   npm run dev    # for development with nodemon
   # or
   npm start      # for production

5. Open your browser:

   http://localhost:3000
   

📬 Example Routes

• GET / → Welcome message
• GET /about → About page
• POST /api/data → Send { "name": "YourName" } and receive a greeting

📄 License

This project is licensed under the ISC License.

✍️ Author

Mohammad Dahamshi
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