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Node.js - Express - Handlebars - Ex 2

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// 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');

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

app.listen(3000);


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


// simple.js

var PageGlobals = require('./pageglobals');
var globals     = new PageGlobals();

var simpleControllers = {

    'home': function (req, res) {
        var data = {default_values: globals.getvalues()};
        res.render('home', data);
    },

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

};

module.exports = simpleControllers;


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


pageglobals.js
require('./modules/date.format');

var myDate = new Date();
var dt_str = myDate.format('D, M j, Y - g:i a') + " UTC";

// constructor
var PageGlobals = function() {
};

PageGlobals.prototype.getvalues = function() {

    var page_values = {
        datetime: dt_str,
        title:    'nodejs testing',
        app:      'app2.js'
    };

    return page_values;
};

module.exports = PageGlobals;


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


// date.format.js created by:
// http://github.com/jacwright/date.format


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

// /views/ directory:

// home.handlebars

**Include template "> header" not found.**
<h1>home.handlebars</h1>
**Include template "> footer" not found.**


// simple.handlebars

**Include template "> header" not found.**
<h1>simple.handlebars</h1>
<h2>name = **Include template "name" not found.**</h2>
**Include template "> footer" not found.**


// /views/partials/ directory:

// header.handlebars

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>**Include template "default_values.app" not found.** - **Include template "default_values.title" not found.**</title>
</head>
<body>


// footer.handlebars

<p>
**Include template "default_values.datetime" not found.**
</p>
</body>
</html>


// /views/layouts/ directory:

// main.handlebars

**Include template "{body" not found.**}


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

$ curl http://localhost:3000

$ curl http://localhost:3000/simple
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created on Nov 06, 2014 at 04:44:28 pm
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