http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15601703/difference-between-app-use-and-app-get-in-express-js
app.use()
is intended for binding middleware to your application. The path
is a “mount” or “prefix” path and limits the middleware to only apply to any paths requested that begin with it. It can even be used to embed another application:
// subapp.js var express = require('express'); var app = modules.exports = express(); // ...
// server.js var express = require('express'); var app = express(); app.use('/subapp', require('./subapp')); // ...
By specifying / as a “mount” path, app.use() will respond to any path that starts with /, which are all of them and regardless of HTTP verb used:
GET /
PUT /foo
POST /foo/bar
etc.
app.get(), on the other hand, is part of Express’ application routing and is intended for matching and handling a specific route when requested with the GET HTTP verb:
GET /
And, the equivalent routing for your example of app.use() would actually be:
app.all(/^/.*/, function (req, res) { res.send('Hello'); });