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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Using Templates with Express Scaffolding Your Project’s Templates - adding “partials”

jsdevtom
jsdevtom
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Posted by jsdevtom
jsdevtom
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What does block content do again?

I've read this, but I still don't get what it does or why.

Gregory Katchmar
Gregory Katchmar
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The "block [something]" command is simply a way to connect the two pages and provide the location for the text. The "content" is just a logical label to use; could just as well be "body", "main", etc.

jsdevtom
jsdevtom
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jsdevtom
jsdevtom
16,963 Points

Gregory Katchmar, thanks for your answer. Could you tell me, to what the block content command is referring to in this video please?

Gregory Katchmar
Gregory Katchmar
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From the prior video, "Scaffolding Your Project’s Templates", at 4:06: "The final thing I need in my layout file, are the block content key words. This lets jade know that any page extending the layout, can inject its HTML here". The content exists in the "layout" file and it is being injected into both the "post" and the "index" pages where the "block content" command exists. Hope this helps; it's a tricky topic, especially as no Workspaces are being used to keep a good record of all of this.