So there is a lot to write about concerning express middleware, I have all ready covered the basics of middleware in express, and I have a post on express middleware in general as well. However in this post I thought I would focus on application level middleware specifically.
maybe one of the best ways to learn about the value of express middleware is to just start developing example after example in which one uses express middleware to accomplish all kids of tasks. So this post will be one of several posts on express middleware examples. Today in this post I will be going over a very simple example of router level middleware that just reads and writes to a file. It will also involve a very basic client system that exists as some static files hosted via express.static.
In this post I will be writing about an app I have made that is an example of express middleware in action. I have wrote a main post on express middleware in which I explore the subject in general, as well as another post in which I cover just the very basics of this topic as well. However this post will be one of several posts in which I demonstrate the usefulness of express middleware, mainly when it comes to writing your own to accomplish whatever needs to get done server side.
In express.js the concept of middleware is something that should be grasped in order to make significant headway with express applications. If you have fiddled around with express a little so far, chances are you have used some middleware so far without even realizing it. There is some express built in middleware, one example if this would be the express.js body parser, but for the most part express itself is fairly minimal. So as such creating a fairly capable express.js application will involve installing additional middleware, as well as writing original middleware functions. So then in this post I will be covering express middleware basics.
This will be a quick post on the express set method in express.js. The app.set method to be specific can be used to set application settings like the view engine to use. In addition it can be used as an alternative to defining global variables for just about anything that has to be stored and accessed at a later point elsewhere in the app.