Express.js

Express.js
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Developer(s)TJ Holowaychuk, StrongLoop and others
Initial releaseNovember 16, 2010; 7 years ago (2010-11-16)
Stable release4.16.4 (October 10, 2018; 26 days ago (2018-10-10)[1][2])
Repository Edit this at Wikidata
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformNode.js
TypeWeb framework
LicenseMIT License
Websiteexpressjs.com

Express.js, or simply Express, is a web application framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs.[3] It has been called the de facto standard server framework for Node.js.[4]

The original author, TJ Holowaychuk, described it as a Sinatra-inspired server, meaning that it is relatively minimal with many features available as plugins. Express is the backend part of the MEAN stack, together with MongoDB database and AngularJS frontend framework.[5]

History

In June 2014, rights to manage the project were acquired by StrongLoop.[6] StrongLoop was acquired by IBM in September 2015;[7] in January 2016, IBM announced that it would place Express.js under the stewardship of the Node.js Foundation incubator.[8]

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