Installing the Express Framework and npm Packages
Learn how to set up and install the various npm packages to be used in the backend of our project.
We will install ten different npm
packages in our backend project. The importance of these npm
packages will significantly help the workflow in our backend. We can now take a look at each of these packages down below:
Bcryptjs
bcryptjs
is an npm
package with a password hashing function that helps prevent sensitive data, e.g., passwords, from being compromised. It uses salt
to protect sensitive data stored in plaintext. To install bcryptjs
, we have to run the following command:
npm i bcryptjs
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