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Express.js Routing — A Practical Guide with a Real Project

DEV Community: express·Chinwuba·3 days ago
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If you've just started with Express, routing is the first concept that makes everything feel real. This isn't a theory post — we're going to break it down and build something with it. What is Routing Routing is how your Express server decides what to do when a request comes in. Every request has two things — an HTTP method and a URL path. Routing matches those two things to a specific piece of code. HTTP Methods Before writing any routes, understand what each method represents: GET → Fetch data POST → Create something new PUT → Update something DELETE → Remove something These aren't Express rules. They're the internet's conventions. Express just gives you a clean way to hook into them.…

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