CPNT 262 Day 14 - Serving static files with Express

Trophy of the day

• Build a static Express server for one of your GH Pages sites.

1. HTTP and the request/response cycle

Materials

• Prep
  • request/response cycle
  • What is a web server? - Learn web development | MDN
  • Introduction to the server side - Learn web development | MDN
  • Client-Server Overview - Learn web development | MDN
• Takeaways
  • HTTP Basics
• Reference
  • HTTP Status Codes

2. HTTP servers with Node (yuck)

Materials

• Create a simple http server

Key Takeaways

This will be the only time we use the http module directly because it's a pain to use. BUT, we will use it to illustrate the request/response cycle.

3. HTTP servers with Express (yum!)

Materials

• Prep
  • Express Docs
  • Installing Express
  • Hello World! with Express
  • Serving static files in Express
  • Video: How to build a REST API with Node js & Express by Programming with Mosh
• Takeaways:
  • Introduction to REST
• Gists:
  • Express: Hello World!
  • Express: Catch 404 Not Found errors
  • Express: Serving static files

4. Lab time

• Assignments
• Trophy of the day