# Layer your app, keep Express within its boundaries

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 ### Separate component code into layers: web, services and DAL
![alt text](https://github.com/i0natan/nodebestpractices/blob/master/assets/images/structurebycomponents.PNG "Separate component code into layers")

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### 1 min explainer: The downside of mixing layers
![alt text](https://github.com/i0natan/nodebestpractices/blob/master/assets/images/keepexpressinweb.gif "The downside of mixing layers")