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Read the announcementWhy deploy Express on Render?
Express is a minimal and flexible web application framework for Node.js. It simplifies building web servers and APIs by providing routing, middleware support, and HTTP utility methods, eliminating the need to handle low-level Node.js HTTP module complexity directly.
This template deploys a production-ready Express server with the build and start commands already configured—just click deploy and your app is live in minutes. Skip the manual setup of Node.js runtime configuration, and get automatic deploys from Git on every push. Render handles SSL certificates and gives you a live URL immediately, so you can focus on building features instead of infrastructure.
What you can build
After deploying, you'll have a live Express server responding to HTTP requests at a public URL. This gives you a minimal starting point to build out API routes or serve a web application without configuring infrastructure yourself.
Key features
- Express Hello World: Minimal Express.js server setup with a single endpoint ready to run.
- Render Deployment Config: Pre-configured build and start commands for one-click deployment to Render platform.
- Yarn Package Management: Uses Yarn as the package manager for dependency installation during build.
- Node.js Direct Execution: Runs app directly via node without build transpilation or bundling step.
Use cases
- Backend developer deploys a REST API prototype for client demo
- Student hosts their first Node.js project for a portfolio
- Startup founder launches a simple webhook endpoint for Slack integration
- Freelancer spins up a quick landing page backend for form submissions
Next steps
- Open your Render service URL in a browser — You should see 'Hello World!' displayed on the page, confirming the Express server is responding
- Test the endpoint with curl or Postman by sending a GET request to your service URL — You should receive a 200 status code and 'Hello World!' in the response body
- Check the Render dashboard logs for your service — You should see incoming request logs showing successful GET requests with no errors