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# Getting Started

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## Coming updates and latest news at [here](https://t.me/nanoexpress)

## Features

* Express-compatible middleware\* layer
* Express-like API
* [Faster](https://github.com/the-benchmarker/web-frameworks#results) than most Node.js backend frameworks
* In-built `async` support without any of `HttpResponse` instance\*
* [Ajv](https://ajv.js.org)\* schema validator support
* [fast-json-stringify](https://github.com/fastify/fast-json-stringify)\* serialization support
* [Swagger](https://swagger.io)\* support
* In-built WebSocket support
* In-built Stream support

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Code is provided as-is, do not expect or demand **free** support, warranty or debugging
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## Installation

You can install 

```
$ npm i nanoexpress
# or
$ yarn add nanoexpress
```

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* This library does not support **HTTP2**!
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As soon as you have installed the right package, let's create the first server

```javascript
import nanoexpress from 'nanoexpress';

const app = nanoexpress();

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    return res.send({ status: 'ok' });
});

app.listen(3000);
```

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