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+=== 0.0.1 / YYYY-MM-DD
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+* Initial release

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+= Express
+
+  Insanely fast (and small) server-side JavaScript web development framework
+  built on node.js and the V8 JavaScript engine.
+
+  * Stay tuned, coming soon :)
+
+== Features (so far)
+
+  * Sexy DSL
+  * Mime helpers
+  * Nested parameter parsing
+  * Full test coverage
+  * Test helpers (mock requests etc)
+  * Cookie support
+  * Session support
+  * Faux method support for RESTful apps
+  * Extendable using Express 'Modules'
+  * Static file serving
+  * Non polluting so you can use it with your fav JavaScript libraries :)
+  * Routing
+    * string matching       
+    * regexp with captures  
+    * param key substitution
+    * pre-conditions
+    * overidding
+    * etc
+
+== Coming Soon
+
+  * View templating system
+  * Jack integration
+
+== Examples
+
+  // GET /user/tj/edit
+
+  get('user/:name/:operation', function(){
+    param('operation') + 'ing ' + param('name')
+  })
+
+  // GET /articles
+
+  get('articles', function(){
+    'list of articles'
+  })
+
+  // GET /articles/12
+
+  get(/articles\/(\d+)/, function(){
+    'article id ' + captures[1]
+  })
+
+  // POST /user/:id
+
+  post('user/:id', function(){
+    User.destroy(params('id')) ? 
+      'User deleted' :
+        'Failed to delete user'
+  })
+
+== Headers
+
+  get ('foo', function(){
+    header('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+    '<p>bar</p>'
+  })
+
+== License 
+
+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2009 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.