Why use express over JSON-server?

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    • You're right, using express requires that you to write a lot of code to get the same functionality as json-server because express is library to build web servers, but it's more flexible and powerful than json-server, so express is quiet popular to build REST API with node, also you can search for more framework-like projects to build API with node.js like Nest.js, Feathers, Adonis or something more user-friendly like Strapi which give you a UI to define your API

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    • You're right, using express requires that you to write a lot of code to get the same functionality as json-server because express is library to build web servers, but it's more flexible and powerful than json-server, so express is quiet popular to build REST API with node, also you can search for more framework-like projects to build API with node.js like Nest.js, Feathers, Adonis or something more user-friendly like Strapi which give you a UI to define your API

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    • You're right, using express requires that you to write a lot of code to get the same functionality as json-server because express is library to build web servers, but it's more flexible and powerful than json-server, so express is quiet popular to build REST API with node, also you can search for more framework-like projects to build API with node.js like Nest.js, Feathers, Adonis or something more user-friendly like Strapi which give you a UI to define your API

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