express/examples/jade/app.js

// Expose modules in ./support for demo purposes
require.paths.unshift(__dirname + '/../../support');

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var express = require('../../lib/express');

// Path to our public directory

var pub = __dirname + '/public';

// Auto-compile sass to css with "compiler"
// and then serve with connect's staticProvider

var app = express.createServer(
    express.compiler({ src: pub, enable: ['sass'] })
  , express.static(pub)
);

// Optional since express defaults to CWD/views

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');

// Set our default template engine to "jade"
// which prevents the need for extensions
// (although you can still mix and match)
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

// Dummy users
var users = [
    { name: 'tj', email: 'tj@vision-media.ca' }
  , { name: 'ciaran', email: 'ciaranj@gmail.com' }
  , { name: 'aaron', email: 'aaron.heckmann+github@gmail.com' }
];

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.render('users', { users: users });
});

app.get('/users', function(req, res){
  // we can use res.partial() as if
  // we were in a view, utilizing the same api
  // to render a fragment
  res.partial('users/user', users);
});

app.get('/users/list', function(req, res){
  res.partial('users/list', { object: users });
});

app.get('/user/:id', function(req, res){
  res.partial('users/user', users[req.params.id]);
});

app.listen(3000);
console.log('Express app started on port 3000');