Hi guys, I am new for Node JS and Parse but an experienced developer. I‘m planting using Parse as my next application backend, I am not sure if I should use Express running Parse, As I know, if I do not have other node backend code running on the same server, just running Parse is enough. Any suggestion will be welcome, thx.
Thank you very much for your detailed reply, I will run with Express for 2 reasons：
- As you said, Express can implement middleware, I need some authentication middleware for the security of the App.
- I need a way to manage Cloud Code dependency, I refer to the project structure of parse-server-example, so I could manage dependency by npm
If I use back4app. Back4app follows our package.json in the cloud code
You can manage Cloud Code dependency on the project structure. Ex
./main.js
./cloudCodeEx.js
./package.json => This includes your dependence
Or if I use another cloud provider I use to general package.json location like normal node projects
Welcome. Since you are only using Parse as your backend and do not have other Node.js code running on the server, you do not need to use Express. Parse Server can run on its own without Express, and it works fine like that. Express is only needed if you want to add custom routes or extra server features later. If your app only needs what Parse provides, you can keep things simple and just run Parse Server by itself. Later, if you need more control, you can always add Express.