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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo What is Authentication? Review: Node, Express and npm

Posted by Kaneez Fatima Areff
Kaneez Fatima Areff
3,627 Points

Complete the code below so that Express serves static files (like CSS and images) from the public folder located in our

Complete the code below so that Express serves static files (like CSS and images) from the public folder located in our applications root folder:

6 Answers

Callum McMaugh
Callum McMaugh
10,064 Points
Callum McMaugh
Callum McMaugh
10,064 Points 
app.use(express.static( __dirname + '/public'));

I think there is an error with the question's answer because this is the correct syntax but appears wrong.

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

I had the same issue...

David Shering
David Shering
6,545 Points
David Shering
David Shering
6,545 Points

same issue here...

Ted Moxon
Ted Moxon
18,203 Points
Ted Moxon
Ted Moxon
18,203 Points

thought I was going crazy. It happens to me too