medusa-store-tutorial VS Express

The code for this tutorial can be found on this GitHub repository. You can also use this GitHub repository for the changes I made last time to Medusa’s backend. At last, should you have any questions in regard to the setup, then feel free to catch the Medusa team directly on their Discord.

Try to add a new product from the admin panel or use the database in the GitHub repository of this tutorial, which has an additional product. Then, try to make more orders with that product. You will see that the sorting in the endpoint has changed based on the number of sales.

Express: A lightweight framework for building web applications.

Now, we will create API using expressjs. When we created application using --ssr flag, the Angular CLI already took care of installing expressjs for us.

First, we import express. The Express framework allows us to create routes that will respond to webhook POST requests and serve an HTML file when a GET request is made to the root of the site.

Basic Knowledge of Express

Express.js Documentation

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Starting off strong with Express.js, the cool kid on the block for building web apps. It's lightweight, flexible, and doesn't throw a tantrum when you ask it to scale. With Express, you can handle HTTP requests like a pro, play around with middleware, set up routes without breaking a sweat, and render views that make your app look stunning. Big names like Netflix and Uber are already on board, and if it's good enough for them, it's definitely worth a peek.

express - one of the most popular middleware tools, lightweight and easy to learn. docs

Now we can install both Express and Socket.io libraries: