https://aamnah.com/notes/node-api/ Recent content in Node API on Aamnah - Frontend Web Developer Hugo en-us Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0500 https://aamnah.com/notes/node-api/4-middleware/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0500 https://aamnah.com/notes/node-api/4-middleware/ <p>Middleware is the most powerful feature other than the routing. That&rsquo;s what Expressjs mostly is, the middleware and the routing.</p> <p>Express uses middleware to modify and inspect the incoming requests. From parsing URLs to handling auth, middleware makes this easy. You can think of middleware as thirdy party <em>plugins</em>.</p> <p>Express can also be a static web server. Makes it super simple.</p> <hr> <p>Middleware is the backbone of Express.</p> <blockquote> <p>A set of utility classes that let Express do the dirty work</p> </blockquote>