Re: What is an Express.JS App?

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Using Express.JS, would you deploy 500+ HTTP server instances?

You could, or you could create a /routes folder in your application
structure and create a separate file for each "application".

Further info: http://bit.ly/1Na87Ev

Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Open Source and IBM i. No Limits.


On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The basis of my question is the "Hello World" example at:
>
> http://expressjs.com/starter/hello-world.html
>
> It's just 10 lines of code. One of the relevant statements is:
>
> var app = express();
>
>
> Which is followed by:
>
> var server = app.listen(3000, function () {
>
>
> The app.listen() method appears to be instantiating an HTTP services. Is
> that to say that each express.js application includes its own HTTP service?
>
> Personally, I tend to scope Web "applications" to handle perhaps 10-15
> distinct types of requests. An application for querying and maintaining
> Purchase Orders would be distinct from one which queries and maintains Work
> Requests, for example. That keeps the code modular.
>
> We have deployed 500+ "applications" of that type of scope.
>
> Using Express.JS, would you deploy 500+ HTTP server instances?
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