refactor(@schematics/angular): update templates to use express version 5

Author: alan-agius4

package.json

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "@types/babel__core": "7.20.5",
     "@types/babel__generator": "^7.6.8",
     "@types/browser-sync": "^2.27.0",
-    "@types/express": "^4.16.0",
+    "@types/express": "~5.0.1",
     "@types/http-proxy": "^1.17.4",
     "@types/ini": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/jasmine": "~5.1.0",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "10.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-header": "3.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.31.0",
-    "express": "4.21.2",
+    "express": "5.1.0",
     "fast-glob": "3.3.3",
     "globals": "16.0.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",

packages/schematics/angular/ssr/files/application-builder/server.ts.template

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const angularApp = new AngularNodeAppEngine();
  *
  * Example:
  * ```ts
- * app.get('/api/**', (req, res) => {
+ * app.get('/api/{*splat}', (req, res) => {
  *   // Handle API request
  * });
  * ```
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ app.use(
 /**
  * Handle all other requests by rendering the Angular application.
  */
-app.use('/**', (req, res, next) => {
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
   angularApp
     .handle(req)
     .then((response) =>

packages/schematics/angular/ssr/files/server-builder/server.ts.template

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ export function app(): express.Express {
   server.set('views', distFolder);
 
   // Example Express Rest API endpoints
-  // server.get('/api/**', (req, res) => { });
+  // server.get('/api/{*splat}', (req, res) => { });
   // Serve static files from /browser
-  server.get('*.*', express.static(distFolder, {
+  server.get(express.static(distFolder, {
     maxAge: '1y'
   }));
 
   // All regular routes use the Angular engine
-  server.get('*', (req, res, next) => {
+  server.use((req, res, next) => {
     const { protocol, originalUrl, baseUrl, headers } = req;
 
     commonEngine

packages/schematics/angular/utility/latest-versions/package.json

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
   "comment": "This file is needed so that dependencies are synced by Renovate.",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
+    "@types/express": "^5.0.1",
     "@types/jasmine": "~5.1.0",
     "@types/node": "^20.17.19",
     "browser-sync": "^3.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
     "jasmine-core": "~5.6.0",
     "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~7.0.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.2.0",