Build HTTP APIs with routing, middleware, validation, controllers, and error handling.
Lessons
Follow a step-by-step plan for learning Express confidently.
Express Study Plan 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 Study Plan example in a small scratch file, then explain what changed and why.