从express源码分析express启动流程

1)加载express模块

var express = require("express"); 
2)express导出的是一个函数，因此 express()这样写就是调用一个函数

module.exports = require('./lib/express');
 
exports = module.exports = createApplication; 
 
也就是说：express()是调用一个函数
3)app通过mixin继承了application的方法

exports = module.exports = createApplication;
 
var proto = require('./application');
 
function createApplication() {
  var app = function(req, res, next) {
    app.handle(req, res, next);
  };
 
  mixin(app, EventEmitter.prototype, false);
  mixin(app, proto, false); // 主要是这行
 
  // expose the prototype that will get set on requests
  app.request = Object.create(req, {
    app: { configurable: true, enumerable: true, writable: true, value: app }
  })
 
  // expose the prototype that will get set on responses
  app.response = Object.create(res, {
    app: { configurable: true, enumerable: true, writable: true, value: app }
  })
 
  app.init();
  return app;
}
4)application.js 封装了http模块

app.listen = function listen() {
  var server = http.createServer(this);
  return server.listen.apply(server, arguments);
};
总体来说：express没有增加功能，只是封装了http模块