var express = require('express');
app = express(),
jade = require('jade'),
path = require('path'),
server = require('http').createServer(app),
io = require('socket.io').listen(server),
users = [];

//view engine
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', jade);
app.engine('jade', require('jade').__express);

//static path
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname,'public')));

//index route
app.get('/',function(req,res){
    res.render('index');
});

server.listen('3000');
console.log('server started..');

I followed a video tutorial, I did the same thing but I got an error of cannot find module of [object Object]. The guy who did the video didn't include require('jade'), it worked for him, but it doesn't work for me. I says jade is not defined if I did not require jade.

var express = require('express');
app = express(),
jade = require('jade'),
path = require('path'),
server = require('http').createServer(app),
io = require('socket.io').listen(server),
users = [];

//view engine
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', jade);
app.engine('jade', require('jade').__express);

//static path
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname,'public')));

//index route
app.get('/',function(req,res){
    res.render('index');
});

server.listen('3000');
console.log('server started..');

I followed a video tutorial, I did the same thing but I got an error of cannot find module of [object Object]. The guy who did the video didn't include require('jade'), it worked for him, but it doesn't work for me. I says jade is not defined if I did not require jade.

• javascript
• node.js
• express
• pug

6 Answers 6

Not relevant to this case, but might assist someone.

I had this problem, and found that a mistake in

app.set('view engine', ejs); 

caused it.

it should have been:

app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

Change

var express = require('express'); 

into

var express = require('express'),

Right now express is the only variable that is defined.

Need not import ejs module. Just pass string 'ejs' to the view engine. It will pick the module with the engine name given.

app.set('view engine', 'jade');

remove the importing module

jade = require('jade');

Two things to keep in mind you need:
Change this:

app = express(),
app.set('view engine', jade);

to:

app = express();
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

Change:

app.set('view engine', jade);

Into:

app.set('view engine', 'jade');

And

app = express(),

Into:

app = express();

maybe you need to change

app.set('view engine', jade);

to

app.set('view engine', 'jade');