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JavaScript Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js Creating a Basic Template Engine in Node.js Reading from Files

James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points
Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

10:44 Cannot advance past this point, console throwing strange error?

Hi guys,

The error: https://i.gyazo.com/399cbe082f7a80fd1983ce8e8521dcf1.png

The code:

router.js:

var Profile = require("./profile.js");
var renderer = require("./renderer.js");

function home(req, res) {
  if(req.url === "/") {
    renderer.view("header", {}, res);
    res.write("Search\n");
    res.write("Footer\n");
  }
}

renderer.js

var fs = require("fs");

function view(templateName, values, res) {
  var fileContents = fs.readFileSync('/.views/' + templateName + '.html');        
    res.write(fileContents);
}

module.exports.view = view;

Screenshot of 'header.html' clearly in the 'views' directory: https://i.gyazo.com/2b571d2a9ab602ed6e2f10bc12f0505e.png

Any idea of what could be going wrong?

Thanks, James.

1 Answer

Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points 
var fileContents = fs.readFileSync('/.views/' + templateName + '.html');

You have /.views and it should be ./views