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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Using Templates with Express The “response.render” Method

Posted by elizabethkari
elizabethkari
15,539 Points

"Magical appearance" of post.jade file.

I have an issue with the "magical appearance" of the post.jade file. I see earlier someone questioned this, and was just advised to checkout this branch. I've been following along with these videos and making my own version on my local machine. Checking out a new branch totally negates the learn from doing it experience. I could just cut and paste, but I'm curious: why not give instructions on the why and how of creating a post.jade file? Won't we need to know how to do this, or something like this, if we're using Jade with Express? Why skip teaching this step?

2 Answers

christopherkaczenski
christopherkaczenski
16,079 Points
christopherkaczenski
christopherkaczenski
16,079 Points

The Jade file that we copy is basically HTML because it doesn't have any fancy scaffolding or partials added to it. You can use the jade-lang.com website to see how the equivalent HTML looks.

Van Doan
Van Doan
32,285 Points
Van Doan
Van Doan
32,285 Points

I think he skipped the step to save some time and we've done something similar before.

If you create your own jade file with the same content, it will / should work, as it did for me.