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Thomas Karageorgiadis
6,739 PointsLogic in routes Vs in templates?
I found it was much easier to implement login in the pug. But I feel that this is not good long term? My code :
//card.pug
block content
section#content
h2= text
if side == 'question'
-const url = `${id}?side=answer`;
a(href= url) Answer
if hint
p
i Hint: #{hint}
else
-const url = `${id}?side=question`;
a(href= url) Question
...
router.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
const { side } = req.query;
const { id } = req.params;
const text = cards[id][side];
const { hint } = cards[id];
const templateData = { text, side, hint, id };
console.log(templateData)
res.render('card', templateData);
});
...
1 Answer
Rohald van Merode
Treehouse StaffNice solution you got here! As always with coding there's a whole lot of different solutions to a certain challenge. I think you've found another great way of handling this. As for your question regarding if it'd be good long term I don't see to much of a problem and think it's mostly a matter of personal preference.
The only thing you'll want to keep in mind is the scalability of your app. If this template would become much larger or the logic becomes more complicated because of some new features for example your app might be easier to maintain when the logic happens in the route.
Hope this answers your question, keep up the awesome work coder! 🔥