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JavaScript Express Basics Parameters, Query Strings, and Modularizing Routes Modular Routes

Shehan Dissanayake
Shehan Dissanayake
19,119 Points
Posted by Shehan Dissanayake
Shehan Dissanayake
19,119 Points

app.use(routes);

What is the meaning of this line? Why do we pass routes in to app.use() method ?

1 Answer

Luis Marsano
Luis Marsano
21,425 Points
Luis Marsano
Luis Marsano
21,425 Points

routes is a bundle of detached routes and handlers (ie, a router). app.use attaches them to the main application. Read more about it in the documentation.