npx express-generator my-express-app --no-view

npm install --save-dev npm-run-all
npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/cli @babel/preset-env nodemon rimraf

docker run --name mongodb -e 'MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=test' -e 'MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=' -p 27017:27017 -d mongo

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-enable-es6-and-beyond-syntax-with-node-and-express-68d3e11fe1ab/

Webpack - https://webpack.js.org/guides/getting-started/

d023975@WDFN34744359A MINGW64 ~/git/my-express-app (master)
$ npm install webpack webpack-cli webpack-node-externals --save-dev
$ npm install babel-loader --save-dev
$ npm install html-loader html-webpack-plugin --save-dev
$ npm install pug-html-loader --save-dev
$ npm install copy-webpack-plugin --save-dev

2 B read in detail

• https://medium.com/@binyamin/creating-a-node-express-webpack-app-with-dev-and-prod-builds-a4962ce51334
• https://alejandronapoles.com/simple-production-environment-with-webpack-and-express
• https://alejandronapoles.com/webpack-middleware-and-hot-module-replacement/