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);
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// 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;
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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;
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// date.format.js created by:
// http://github.com/jacwright/date.format
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// /views/ directory:
// home.handlebars
{{> header}}
home.handlebars
{{> footer}}
// simple.handlebars
{{> header}}
simple.handlebars
name = {{name}}
{{> footer}}
// /views/partials/ directory:
// header.handlebars
{{default_values.app}} - {{default_values.title}}
// footer.handlebars
{{default_values.datetime}}
// /views/layouts/ directory:
// main.handlebars
{{{body}}}
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$ curl http://localhost:3000
$ curl http://localhost:3000/simple