#getting started with node js

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Building a Simple Application using Node.js, Express.js, Jade

1. Installation

Download and Install node from here

Create a project folder and navigate to the folder from command line and execute commands npm install express and npm install jade to install express.js, jade.

2. Setting up Server

Create a file named app.js inside the project folder.

Edit your app.js,

var express = require("express"); var app = express(); app.configure(function() { //Your server listens on this port app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3001); // Setting path for your Jade Views. app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); // Set view engine as Jade app.set('view engine', 'jade'); //use router to route request app.use(app.router); //set the path for your static files app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); //Routing Requests app.get('index', function(req, res){ //handing the request localhost:3001/index is done here res.render('index', {name:'Rocky'}); }) });

Create a file named index.jade inside the views folder

You can refer to jade syntax here

Alternatively, convert your existing html code to jade code here

A sample jade file would look something like this,

!!! 5 html head title my jade template body h1 Hello #{name}

To run the server, from terminal, navigate to the project folder and execute 'node app.js'

To test the application, type localhost:3001/index in the browser

Your folder Structure for this project will be,

<Project_Folder>

node_modules

express

jade

views

index.jade

app.js