Rails-like routes for Express

app.js

var express = require('express')
  , app = express.createServer()

require('./config/routes').initialize(app)

application.js

module.exports = {
  index: function (req, res, next) {
    res.render('index', {
      title: 'Express'
    })
  }
}

routes.js

module.exports.initialize = function (app) {

  function match(method, route, controller, action) {
    app[method](route, function (req, res, next) {
      require('../controllers/' + controller)[action || 'index'](req, res, next)
    })
  }

  match('get', '/', 'application', 'index')
}

Is require async now? I remember that a few versions back it wasn't.

they've always been sync as far as I know. With regards to this example, it definitely works, you should try it out on a default Express install

express-coffee does something similar with express in CS, I'm kinda on the fence about using CS but it is a pleasure to work with...