3. Express application generator
Express application generator
Use the application generator tool, express-generator
, to quickly create an application skeleton.
The express-generator
package installs the express
command-line tool. Use the following command to do so:
$ npm install express-generator -g
Display the command options with the -h
option:
$ express -h Usage: express [options] [dir] Options: -h, --help output usage information --version output the version number -e, --ejs add ejs engine support --hbs add handlebars engine support --pug add pug engine support -H, --hogan add hogan.js engine support -v, --view <engine> add view <engine> support (ejs|hbs|hjs|jade|pug|twig|vash) (defaults to jade) -c, --css <engin