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  • Ron Gootman
    Ron Gootman
    24,409 Points

    Unable to load the css style on to the page

    Posted June 17, 2017 1:27pm by Ron Gootman
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    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Add Static to the Layout Template

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  • Kathryn Notson
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    Express Basics > Serving Static Files in Express > Review Static Middleware Challenge

    Posted December 22, 2016 7:55pm by Kathryn Notson
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    25,941 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Review Static Middleware

    1 Answer

  • Ben Myhre
    Ben Myhre
    28,726 Points

    Can the course change Jade to Pug?

    Posted December 10, 2016 2:59pm by Ben Myhre
    Ben Myhre
    28,726 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    0 Answers

  • fredyrosales
    fredyrosales
    10,572 Points

    Switching Branches

    Posted October 24, 2016 12:32am by fredyrosales
    fredyrosales
    10,572 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    0 Answers

  • evanritscher
    evanritscher
    10,209 Points

    Why do we have to use express.static and not app.static?

    Posted September 11, 2016 8:54pm by evanritscher
    evanritscher
    10,209 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    1 Answer

  • Gustavo Buarque
    Gustavo Buarque
    7,113 Points

    express.static is not working at localserver

    Posted September 8, 2016 10:06pm by Gustavo Buarque
    Gustavo Buarque
    7,113 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    3 Answers

  • Jack Hegarty
    Jack Hegarty
    9,381 Points

    Created new git clone. When I start the node server I receive an error and it appears my old server is still running???

    Posted March 8, 2016 5:19pm by Jack Hegarty
    Jack Hegarty
    9,381 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Add Static to the Layout Template

    1 Answer

  • Allison Walker
    Allison Walker
    17,137 Points

    Why are we using '/static' - as opposed to '/public'?

    Posted December 10, 2015 3:07pm by Allison Walker
    Allison Walker
    17,137 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    3 Answers

  • Brigette Eckert
    Brigette Eckert
    16,957 Points

    Git clone missing branches?

    Posted November 2, 2015 9:19pm by Brigette Eckert
    Brigette Eckert
    16,957 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    3 Answers

  • Cezar Mart
    Cezar Mart
    8,401 Points

    I have no clue what Huston is doing.

    Posted October 30, 2015 1:46am by Cezar Mart
    Cezar Mart
    8,401 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    4 Answers

  • George Akinian
    George Akinian
    17,615 Points

    '/static/css/creative.css' i get that static is established prefix but why is public folder missing from this path?

    Posted October 26, 2015 8:07pm by George Akinian
    George Akinian
    17,615 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Add Static to the Layout Template

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  • Tim Rohweder
    Tim Rohweder
    25,527 Points

    Confused why we use __dirname

    Posted October 5, 2015 6:32pm by Tim Rohweder
    Tim Rohweder
    25,527 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Express Basics (2015)
    • Serving Static Files in Express
    • Setting Up the Express Static Server in Development

    4 Answers

  • Jeremy Woodbridge
    Jeremy Woodbridge
    25,278 Points

    Add Express’s static server middleware as a second argument to the app.use(‘/static’) function, with the path to the pub

    Posted September 21, 2015 3:01pm by Jeremy Woodbridge
    Jeremy Woodbridge
    25,278 Points
    • JavaScript
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    • Serving Static Files in Express
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