Serving up Static Assets

The video tutorial explains how to serve HTML files using Express in a Node.js environment. It covers creating a directory for static assets, using the Node.js path module for path manipulation, and configuring Express to serve these files. The tutorial also includes a practical demonstration of setting up and testing the server, ensuring that HTML files are correctly served at the root URL. Additionally, it provides a challenge to create additional HTML pages and remove old route handlers, reinforcing the learning process.

What happens when a user visits the root URL of the web server?

What are the steps to create additional HTML pages for the help and about sections?

Why is it important to remove old route handlers for help and about pages?

What is the expected outcome after setting up the static directory and testing it in the browser?