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October 27, 2022 6:00 AM (GMT+6)

How to create and deploy an Express.js app to Vercel?

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Vercel is a platform to host frontend applications and static sites but you can also host an express app using serverless functions.

In this tutorial, we will see how we can create an express app from scratch and deploy it to vercel.

Prerequisites

Node.js should be installed on your system.

Creating an Express App

Run npm init -y to create a package.json file with default configuration.
Run git init to initialize a git repository.
Create a .gitignore file and write node_modules/ in it.
Install the express package using npm or yarn.