Create a the simplest possible Node.js Express server that serves static files from the 'public' directory. 
Please provide a JSON only response containing the following information and nothing else:

Code snippet
Brief description
List of dependencies
Any additional important information, or other important fields
Example JSON response:

{
"code": "import express from 'express'; ...",
"description": "A simple Express server...",
"dependencies": ["express", "path"]
"...": "..."
} Your response should contain 600+ words.
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