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Pristine Kallio
Pristine Kallio

Reputation: 515

Set multiple app views for many modules in ExpressJS

I have my code 

app.set('views', path..);

originally placed in server.js and I tried to segregate/factor it into a config.server.js (see link), there I implemented underscoreJS each to loop through the modules by their folders' names in my modules/ directory. ['core', 'xt_syncs']. Problem with this trick I try playing is that, app.set('views',..) can't be a Singleton (which loads many things at once). The app.set('views',..) can only have 1 URI for 'views' (module specific, my app contains several modules: core, xt_syncs as you see in the structure), and the app.set appear to fail, and be overwritten by the static uri to modules/second_module.

I write the app myself, picking the middlewares/components I want. I'm trying to reuse some of the assets from MEANjs, mean-stack-relational (MVC, I prefer modules architecture to MVC, that's why my attempt is to build mine), and SEANjs (quite too complex, the stack requires Redis and MySQL5.7, I try building mine so I can get a good understanding of things flow on the fly and exclude Redis and MySQL upgrade).

Now back to the question, obviously, you see in MEANjs and SEANjs , they do in their default.js file:

views: ['modules/*/client/views/**/*.html'],

routes: ['modules/!(core)/server/routes/**/*.js', 'modules/core/server/routes/**/*.js']



QUESTIONS:

1/ How can I implement similar pattern in my app? Notice in the MEANjs and SEANjs, there is * as in modules/*/client and ! as in modules/!(core)/server. app design advices and coding help, please. (this part of the question is not yet addressed)

2/ How related the default.js is to the config.js (initGlobalConfigFolders,initGlobalConfigFiles,...)? I try to wrap my head around to understand config.js and find clues of the glueing. Maybe, my modules[module] as in

modules[module] = {
        client: {},
        server: {}
};

is one step closer to what they built in the initGlobalConfigFolders method.

3/ Is using build tool (Grunt, Gulp, or Webpack) a must here to achieve that? If so, Can you show me how? (build tool incorporation is in my planning). How can you

Thank you very much.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 128

Answers (1)

Pristine Kallio
Pristine Kallio

Reputation: 515

  1. This patch hinted at implementing app.set('views', view_paths); // where view_paths can be an array of views folders.

2 & 3. Awaiting help and answers.

Upvotes: 0

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