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Express' application generator.
Installation
$ npm install -g express-generator
You can also run the application generator with the npx command (available since Node.js 8.2.0).
Quick Start
The quickest way to get started with express is to utilize the executable express(1) to generate an application as shown below:
Create the app:
$ express --view=hbs /tmp/foo && cd /tmp/foo
Install dependencies:
Start your Express.js app at http://localhost:3000/:
Command Line Options
This generator can also be further configured with the following command line flags.
--version output the version number
-e, --ejs add ejs engine support
--pug add pug engine support
--hbs add handlebars engine support
-H, --hogan add hogan.js engine support
-v, --view <engine> add view <engine> support (dust|ejs|hbs|hjs|jade|pug|twig|vash) (defaults to jade)
--no-view use static html instead of view engine
-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
-h, --help output usage information