app.get - is there any difference between res.send vs return res.send

Question

I am new to node and express. I have seen app.get and app.post examples using both \"res.send\" and \"return res.send\". Are these the same?

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Answer 1

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.type('text/plain');
    if (someTruthyConditinal) {
        return res.send(':)');
    }
    // The execution will never get here
    console.log('Some error might be happening :(');
});

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.type('text/plain');
    if (someTruthyConditinal) {
        res.send(':)');
    }
    // The execution will get here
    console.log('Some error might be happening :(');
});