nodejs-advanced-express

Advanced techniques that will enable us to tackle more complex projects with Express

Link to project example

project skills

Creating a template engine
Using MongoDB and Mongoose for user management
Authenticating and authorizing users
Adding cookies and sessions to Express
Creating a login form with Passport
Handling file uploads
Storing and serving images
Deploying an Express application
Securing an Express application
Running behind a web server

Tuning Express performance: Further measures

Futher Recommendations

Cache request results
Don't use synchronous funcions
Don't use console.log() because it's synchronous
Handle erros and exceptions properly
Use a cluster

Tuning Express performance: NODE_ENV and compression

Use NODE_ENV=production to reduce the CPU and more

Compress Server Responses

npm add compression

and use...

const compression = require('compression');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(compression());

Securing an Express application

https://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html