As a software engineering student, I recently had to compare Express and Django for a web development course. Both are popular frameworks for building web apps, but they work pretty differently. Here's what I learned.

What's the difference?

Express is a framework for Node.js (JavaScript). It's very minimal — it doesn't force you to organize your project in a specific way. You basically start with a blank page and add whatever you need (database, authentication, etc.).

const express = require('express');

const app = express();