Express & MongoDB
FAQ
You can connect to any MongoDB database instance with the MongoDB Node.js driver. Since Express is running on Node.js, you can use the driver with Express as well.
Express doesn't have a built-in concept for a database. You can use any database driver that is compatible with Node.js. For example, you can connect to MongoDB with the MongoDB Node.js driver.
Node.js (or Node) is a JavaScript runtime environment. Express is a JavaScript framework that is built on top of Node.js and provides additional capabilities for building APIs and web applications.
You can use the Express routing mechanism to register routes that correspond to HTTP methods—GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. Through these routes, you can perform CRUD Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on collections in your MongoDB database. For a full tutorial, check out the Building a REST API with Express, Node, and MongoDB
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