Build an Express App Using Bun and Deploy It To Render With Docker

In this post, we will scaffold a simple Express project using Bun, and then deploy it to Render using Docker. You’ll also get to see how much easier it is to get up and running locally with Bun than it is with Node.

Let’s get started!

Links

Some links for reference:

  • Bun installation docs page here
  • Bun + Express docs page here
  • Bun + Docker docs page here
  • Bun hot reload docs page here

Initial Setup

To get started, run this command to setup a Bun project in the folder of your choice:

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Tags: Docker Render