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+# Express
+      
+  Insanely fast (and small) server-side JavaScript web development framework
+  built on [node](http://nodejs.org) and [Connect](http://github.com/senchalabs/connect).
+  
+     var app = express.createServer();
+     
+     app.get('/', function(req, res){
+       res.send('Hello World');
+     });
+     
+     app.listen(3000);
+
+## Installation
+
+    $ npm install express
+
+or to access the `express(1)` executable install globally:
+
+    $ npm install -g express
+
+## Features
+
+  * Robust routing
+  * Redirection helpers
+  * Dynamic view helpers
+  * Content negotiation
+  * Focus on high performance
+  * View rendering and partials support
+  * Environment based configuration
+  * Session based flash notifications
+  * Built on [Connect](http://github.com/senchalabs/connect)
+  * High test coverage
+  * Executable for generating applications quickly
+  * Application level view options
+
+Via Connect:
+
+  * Session support
+  * Cache API
+  * Mime helpers
+  * ETag support
+  * Persistent flash notifications
+  * Cookie support
+  * JSON-RPC
+  * Logging
+  * and _much_ more!
+
+## Contributors
+
+The following are the major contributors of Express (in no specific order).
+
+  * TJ Holowaychuk ([visionmedia](http://github.com/visionmedia))
+  * Ciaran Jessup ([ciaranj](http://github.com/ciaranj))
+  * Aaron Heckmann ([aheckmann](http://github.com/aheckmann))
+  * Guillermo Rauch ([guille](http://github.com/guille))
+
+## More Information
+
+  * [express-expose](http://github.com/visionmedia/express-expose) expose objects, functions, modules and more to client-side js with ease
+  * [express-configure](http://github.com/visionmedia/express-configuration) async configuration support
+  * [express-messages](http://github.com/visionmedia/express-messages) flash notification rendering helper
+  * [express-namespace](http://github.com/visionmedia/express-namespace) namespaced route support
+  * Follow [tjholowaychuk](http://twitter.com/tjholowaychuk) on twitter for updates
+  * [Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/express-js) for discussion
+  * Visit the [Wiki](http://github.com/visionmedia/express/wiki)
+  * Screencast - [Introduction](http://bit.ly/eRYu0O)
+  * Screencast - [View Partials](http://bit.ly/dU13Fx)
+  * Screencast - [Route Specific Middleware](http://bit.ly/hX4IaH)
+  * Screencast - [Route Path Placeholder Preconditions](http://bit.ly/eNqmVs)
+
+## Node Compatibility
+
+Express 1.x is compatible with node 0.2.x and connect < 1.0.
+
+Express 2.x is compatible with node 0.4.x and connect 1.x
+
+## License 
+
+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2009-2011 TJ Holowaychuk &lt;tj@vision-media.ca&gt;
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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