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Node.js - Express - Handlebars - Ex 1

// app2.js

var express = require('express');
var exphbs  = require('express-handlebars');
var simple  = require('./simple');

var app = express();

app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({defaultLayout: 'main'}));
app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');

// this middleware will be executed for every request to the app
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  console.log('Time: %d', Date.now());
  next();
})

app.get('/',       simple.home);
app.get('/simple', simple.gorilla);

app.listen(3000);

///////////////////////////////////

// simple.js

var simpleControllers = {

    'home': function (req, res) {
        res.render('home');
    },

    'gorilla': function (req, res) {
        var data = {name: 'Gorilla'};
        res.render('simple', data);
     }

};

module.exports = simpleControllers;

///////////////////////////////////

// views/home.handlebars

<h1>Example App: Home</h1>


// views/simple.handlebars
// (remove the express space between the curly braces. my template include code that exists within this blog app wants to execute what's inside the double curly braces)

<h1>{ {name} }</h1>


// views/layouts/main.handlebars

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Example App</title>
</head>
<body>

    { { {body} } }

</body>
</html>

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