Express是基于Node.js平台，快速、开放、极简的web开发框架。所以，使用Express之前，请确保已安装Node.js。
1.创建一个目录作为当前工作目录：
$ mkdir myapp
$ cd myapp
2.通过npm init命令为你的应用创建一个package.json文件。欲了解package.json是如何起作用的，请参考 Specifics of npm’s package.json handling。此命令将要求你输入几个参数，例如应用的名称和版本。可直接按“回车”键接受默认设置。
此命令会在当前目录下生成package.json文件。
$ npm init
This utility will walk you through creating a package.json file.
It only covers the most common items, and tries to guess sane defaults.
See `npm help json` for definitive documentation on these fields
and exactly what they do.
Use `npm install <pkg> --save` afterwards to install a package and
save it as a dependency in the package.json file.
Press ^C at any time to quit.
name: (myapp)
version: (1.0.0)
description:
entry point: (index.js)
test command:
git repository:
keywords:
author:
license: (ISC)
About to write to /usr/local/lljwork/express/myapp/package.json:
{
"name": "myapp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC"
}
Is this ok? (yes)
敲了这么多回车，让我们看一下这个package.json里究竟有什么。
{
"name": "myapp",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC"
}
没错，就是这配置～
3.安装Express并将其保存到依赖列表中：
$ npm install express --save
dules/express
├── escape-html@1.0.2
├── merge-descriptors@1.0.0
├── array-flatten@1.1.1
├── cookie@0.1.3
├── utils-merge@1.0.0
├── cookie-signature@1.0.6
├── methods@1.1.1
├── fresh@0.3.0
├── range-parser@1.0.2
├── vary@1.0.1
├── path-to-regexp@0.1.7
├── etag@1.7.0
├── content-type@1.0.1
├── parseurl@1.3.0
├── content-disposition@0.5.0
├── serve-static@1.10.0
├── depd@1.0.1
├── qs@4.0.0
├── finalhandler@0.4.0 (unpipe@1.0.0)
├── debug@2.2.0 (ms@0.7.1)
├── on-finished@2.3.0 (ee-first@1.1.1)
├── proxy-addr@1.0.8 (forwarded@0.1.0, ipaddr.js@1.0.1)
├── accepts@1.2.13 (negotiator@0.5.3, mime-types@2.1.7)
├── type-is@1.6.9 (media-typer@0.3.0, mime-types@2.1.7)
└── send@0.13.0 (destroy@1.0.3, ms@0.7.1, statuses@1.2.1, mime@1.3.4, http-errors@1.3.1)
4.使用express生成器创建一个应用的骨架
$ npm install express-generator -g
express-generator@4.13.1 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/express-generator
├── sorted-object@1.0.0
├── commander@2.7.1 (graceful-readlink@1.0.1)
└── mkdirp@0.5.1 (minimist@0.0.8)
运行$ express -h命令，可列出所用可用的命令行选项，也可以检验express是否安装成功。
$ express -h
Usage: express [options] [dir]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-e, --ejs add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
--hbs add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan add hogan.js engine support
-c, --css <engine> add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
--git add .gitignore
-f, --force force on non-empty directory
5.在当前目录下创建一个名为myapp的应用
$ express myapp
create : myapp
create : myapp/package.json
create : myapp/app.js
create : myapp/public
create : myapp/public/javascripts
create : myapp/public/images
create : myapp/public/stylesheets
create : myapp/public/stylesheets/style.css
create : myapp/routes
create : myapp/routes/index.js
create : myapp/routes/users.js
create : myapp/views
create : myapp/views/index.jade
create : myapp/views/layout.jade
create : myapp/views/error.jade
create : myapp/bin
create : myapp/bin/www
install dependencies:
$ cd myapp && npm install
run the app:
$ DEBUG=myapp:* npm start
6.安装所有依赖包
$ cd myapp
$ npm install
debug@2.2.0 node_modules/debug
└── ms@0.7.1
serve-favicon@2.3.0 node_modules/serve-favicon
├── fresh@0.3.0
├── ms@0.7.1
├── etag@1.7.0
└── parseurl@1.3.0
cookie-parser@1.3.5 node_modules/cookie-parser
├── cookie@0.1.3
└── cookie-signature@1.0.6
morgan@1.6.1 node_modules/morgan
├── on-headers@1.0.1
├── basic-auth@1.0.3
├── depd@1.0.1
└── on-finished@2.3.0 (ee-first@1.1.1)
body-parser@1.13.3 node_modules/body-parser
├── bytes@2.1.0
├── content-type@1.0.1
├── depd@1.0.1
├── qs@4.0.0
├── http-errors@1.3.1 (inherits@2.0.1, statuses@1.2.1)
├── on-finished@2.3.0 (ee-first@1.1.1)
├── type-is@1.6.9 (media-typer@0.3.0, mime-types@2.1.7)
├── iconv-lite@0.4.11
└── raw-body@2.1.4 (unpipe@1.0.0, iconv-lite@0.4.12)
express@4.13.3 node_modules/express
├── escape-html@1.0.2
├── merge-descriptors@1.0.0
├── array-flatten@1.1.1
├── cookie@0.1.3
├── utils-merge@1.0.0
├── cookie-signature@1.0.6
├── methods@1.1.1
├── fresh@0.3.0
├── range-parser@1.0.2
├── vary@1.0.1
├── path-to-regexp@0.1.7
├── etag@1.7.0
├── content-type@1.0.1
├── parseurl@1.3.0
├── content-disposition@0.5.0
├── serve-static@1.10.0
├── depd@1.0.1
├── finalhandler@0.4.0 (unpipe@1.0.0)
├── qs@4.0.0
├── send@0.13.0 (destroy@1.0.3, statuses@1.2.1, ms@0.7.1, mime@1.3.4, http-errors@1.3.1)
├── proxy-addr@1.0.8 (forwarded@0.1.0, ipaddr.js@1.0.1)
├── on-finished@2.3.0 (ee-first@1.1.1)
├── type-is@1.6.9 (media-typer@0.3.0, mime-types@2.1.7)
└── accepts@1.2.13 (negotiator@0.5.3, mime-types@2.1.7)
jade@1.11.0 node_modules/jade
├── character-parser@1.2.1
├── void-elements@2.0.1
├── commander@2.6.0
├── mkdirp@0.5.1 (minimist@0.0.8)
├── constantinople@3.0.2 (acorn@2.4.0)
├── jstransformer@0.0.2 (is-promise@2.1.0, promise@6.1.0)
├── with@4.0.3 (acorn@1.2.2, acorn-globals@1.0.6)
├── clean-css@3.4.6 (commander@2.8.1, source-map@0.4.4)
├── transformers@2.1.0 (promise@2.0.0, css@1.0.8, uglify-js@2.2.5)
└── uglify-js@2.5.0 (uglify-to-browserify@1.0.2, async@0.2.10, source-map@0.5.1, yargs@3.5.4)
通过 Express 应用生成器创建的应用一般都有如下目录结构：
.
├── app.js
├── bin
│ └── www
├── package.json
├── public
│ ├── images
│ ├── javascripts
│ └── stylesheets
│ └── style.css
├── routes
│ ├── index.js
│ └── users.js
└── views
├── error.jade
├── index.jade
└── layout.jade directories, files
7.启动服务
MacOS 或 Linux 平台：
$ DEBUG=myapp npm start
Windows 平台：
> set DEBUG=myapp & npm start
至此，一个简单的服务器已经搭建完成，并启动了服务，在浏览器中打开http://localhost:3000/网址就可以看到了。
详细参考Express官网：http://www.expressjs.com.cn/