I am just going through nodejs, expressjs and coffeescript. My code is,
app.js
require('coffee-script').register();
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
//var index = require('./routes/index');
//var users = require('./routes/users');
var app = express();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
//app.use('/', index);
//app.use('/users', users);
require('./apps/authentication/routes')(app);
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
// set locals, only providing error in development
res.locals.message = err.message;
res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
// render the error page
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error');
});
module.exports = app;
My CoffeeScript Code is.
routes.coffee
routes = (app) ->
app.get "/login", (req , res) ->
res.render "views/login",
title: 'Login'
stylesheet: 'login'
module.export = routes
When i run project, i face following issue.
app.get("/login", function(req, res) {
^
ReferenceError: app is not defined
can anyone tell me why app variable is not defined at whereas i am passing app variable when requiring route?
If i remove white spaces from coffeescript file as mentioned below
routes = (app) ->
app.get "/login", (req , res) ->
res.render "views/login",
title: 'Login'
stylesheet: 'login'
module.export = routes
it return exception require(...) is not a function as mentioned below
require('./apps/authentication/routes')(app);
^
TypeError: require(...) is not a function
Thanks
routes = (app) ->andapp.get …is on the same indentation level, means thatappis not within the scope of the anonymous function.