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    <a href="/" class="express">Express</a>

    <span class="description">Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for <a href='https://nodejs.org/en/'>Node.js</a></span>
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<div id="install-command">$ npm install express --save</div>

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Web Applications

Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications.

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      <h3>APIs</h3> With a myriad of HTTP utility methods and middleware at your disposal, creating a robust API is quick and easy.
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  <div id="performance">
      <h3>Performance</h3> Express provides a thin layer of fundamental web application features, without obscuring Node.js features that you know and love.
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  <div id="sponsorship">
      <a href="http://loopback.io/"><h3>LoopBack</h3> Develop model-driven apps with an Express-based framework.<br/>Find out more at loopback.io.</a>
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