difference between node.js and express

Question

I'm new to the front end development and modern technologies MEAN/MERN stack, I am confuse about difference between node.js and express can someone outline differences or advantages and one can learn express.js directly or it's a pre requisite to learn node.js first?

Answer 1

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. It is used to run JavaScript in ways similar to how the browser runs JavaScript but on servers. Express is a library (called a package in the Node.js ecosystem) that makes it really easy to build APIs or serve files.