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Missing line to properly load static content

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
express, node.js
Domain
backend

Research direction

Open App.js and inspect how the Express application serves static content. Verify the /static route behavior against the issue description, then run the sample application and confirm static files load correctly from that path.

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Description

#This line is missing in App.js

app.use("/static", express.static(__dirname + '/static'));

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