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Nodemon.io
Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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In express applications we can install as many dependencies as we want. We only need to type in our terminal npm install followed by package name. Once we install the package, it will be added to de dependencies in your package.json file. Now let's install one package. In previous examples you saw that you had to reset terminal when you modified your code. This package is going to avoid the need of resetting your application as you add code. This package is Nodemon. You only need to type the following command, and your application will be ready.
You can find more information about Nodejs in their Documentation. Also you can find information about express in the Express Website. The Express MDN also
It's quite easy to create a simple server with Nodejs. As you may already know, you just need the terminal and a text editor. My favorite text editor is Visual Studio Code; but you can use your preferred one. The result is going to be the same. Once we choose our text editor we can create a file and name it app.js. After we create the file we can type the example we see below in our file. Then you will get a result of a route and a console log.