anthonybrown / module3-scripts-branch

Module 3

we continue with views in Express

HTML elements and Jade View Engine

Web development with Express is awesome!

##some things of interest

• Views in Express

• Jade View Engine

• HTML Elements

• Embedding JavaScript in Views

• Using Blocks for layout

##Views in Express

• User interface

• Based on Templates

• Support for multiple View Engines

• Jade

• EJS

• JSHtml

• ...

• Default is Jade

  • http://jade-lang.com
  • visionmedia at github.com

Some Code

  		var express = require('express')
    		, path    = require('path');

  		var app = express();

  		app.configure( function () {
    		app.set('view engine', 'jade');
    		app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
    		app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
  		});

  		app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    		res.render('empty');
  		});

  		// generic so any View will work 
  		app.get('/:anyname', function (req, res) {
    		res.render(req.params.anyname);
  		});

  		app.listen(3000);