Build HTTP APIs with routing, middleware, validation, controllers, and error handling.
Lessons
Connect request handlers to database models without mixing persistence into routes.
Express with Databases is easiest to learn by reading the example, changing it, and observing the result.
import express from 'express';
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.get('/api/lessons', (req, res) => {
res.json([{ slug: 'express-routing', title: 'Express Routing' }]);
});
app.post('/api/lessons', (req, res) => {
res.status(201).json({ created: true, title: req.body.title });
});
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000);Practice the Express with Databases example in a small scratch file, then explain what changed and why.