Using Express with node.js

Hacksparrow has a good tutorial for getting started with the Express framework. But for brevity, I will explain the basic instructions for getting started.

First you need to install express.js as a global module

npm install express -g

You then need to create a directory and create an Express app inside it.

md <dir name>
cd <dir name>
express --sessions --css
npm install

That will give you the most basic application template with session support and normal CSS. You can use stylus CSS format with the command "-css stylus" and less with "-css less".