Then follow along with the "Getting Started" guides for "Installing," "Hello World," "Basic Routing," and "Static Files" on expressjs.com code example

Example 1: express hello world

//to run : node filename.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

//visit localhost:3000
// assuming you have done 1) npm init 2) npm install express

Example 2: require express server.js

const express = require('express')const app = express() app.get('/', function (req, res) {  res.send('Hello World')}) app.listen(3000)