Glossary term
What is Router?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Router" means: The part of the server that looks at the method and path of a request and picks the right function to answer it. It is taught in Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs. Related terms include Route, Handler, Status code and REST. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Router?
The part of the server that looks at the method and path of a request and picks the right function to answer it.
Where is Router taught?
Router is defined in Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs.
Which lessons cover Router?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs, lesson 2.2: Build a tiny router
Which terms are related to Router?
Next to Router in the course glossaries: Route, Handler, Status code, REST, JSON, Header, API and Query string.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Router?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at intermediate level:
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs: Basic JavaScript: variables, functions, objects, arrays, conditions and loops.