Create a minimal Node.js Express server that serves static files from the 'public' directory. Please provide a JSON response containing the following information:

Code snippet
Brief description
List of dependencies
Any additional important information
Example JSON response:

{
"code": "import express from 'express'; ...",
"description": "A simple Express server...",
"dependencies": "express, path",
"otherimportantinformation": "..."
} Provide your response in exactly 5 paragraphs (separated nearby paragraphs with 3 aterisk symbols ***).
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