Learn fundamental routing concepts and basic route definitions.
- Route definition basics
- HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
- Route paths and patterns
- Request and response objects
- Route handlers
- Multiple route handlers
- Route callback functions
- Basic error handling
Master dynamic routing with URL parameters and wildcards.
- Route parameters (:id)
- req.params object
- Multiple parameters
- Optional parameters
- Wildcard routes (*)
- Parameter validation
- Parameter middleware
- Nested parameters
Handle query parameters and form data in your routes.
- Query string parsing
- req.query object
- Form data handling
- req.body parsing
- URL-encoded data
- JSON request bodies
- File uploads
- Data validation
Organize routes using Express Router for modular applications.
- Router instance creation
- Modular route organization
- Router mounting
- Nested routers
- Router-level middleware
- Route separation patterns
- API versioning
- Router best practices
Integrate middleware functions with routing for enhanced functionality.
- Application-level middleware
- Router-level middleware
- Route-specific middleware
- Middleware execution order
- Built-in middleware
- Third-party middleware
- Custom middleware creation
- Middleware error handling
Create advanced route patterns using regular expressions.
- String patterns
- String pattern wildcards
- Regular expression routes
- Pattern matching
- Route precedence
- Complex route patterns
- Route optimization
- Pattern debugging
Implement comprehensive error handling in your routes.
- Error-handling middleware
- 404 error handling
- Custom error responses
- Error status codes
- Async error handling
- Error logging
- Production error handling
- Error recovery strategies
Design RESTful APIs with proper routing conventions.
- REST principles
- Resource-based URLs
- HTTP method conventions
- CRUD operations
- Status code standards
- API versioning strategies
- Resource relationships
- API documentation
Secure your routes with authentication and authorization.
- Authentication middleware
- JWT token handling
- Session-based auth
- Authorization patterns
- Role-based access
- Route protection
- Security headers
- Rate limiting