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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Getting Started with Express An Intro: Express.js is amazing

Brendan Whiting
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What does 'unopinionated' mean?

In the course description, and express's description of itself, they say "fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node". What does 'unopinionated' mean in this context?

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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It means there is no one right way to do things that Express will force you into. By contrast an opinionated framework guides/forces you into a specific way to do something. The best example of such is Ruby on Rails ("the Rails Way").

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Seems comical when I think on it. I have no idea what they mean by that either. You might want to write to the folks that develop Express and ask them directly.