Node Frameworks
ExpressJS
Here we are going to discuss the Pros and Cons of Express.js.
Pros
The first and most important advantage of using Express.JS is that you would be able to get fast application development experience with it.
Several such platforms are unable to handle a higher level of requests, but with the help of Express.JS, you would be able to handle requests efficiently as it offers you the support of I/Q request handling.
Express.JS has a vast, highly supportive open-source community.
You would be able to integrate several third-party applications and services with Express.JS.
Makes Node.js web application development fast and easy.
Easy to configure and customize.
Allows you to define routes of your application based on HTTP methods and URLs.
Includes various middleware modules which you can use to perform additional tasks on request and response.
Easy to integrate with different template engines like Jade, Vash, EJS etc.
Allows you to define an error handling middleware.
Easy to serve static files and resources of your application.
Allows you to create REST API server.
Easy to connect with databases such as MongoDB, Redis, MySQL
Cons
Several client request problems are faced with the middleware system offered with Express.js.
There are several issues with the callbacks.
There are no well-defined structure of the Express app
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