ExpressJS Series: Addig a Template engine and usage

expressjs-template-engine-snippet.js

/* OTHER CODES */

// Set TEMPLATING Engine views folder
app.set('views', './views');

// Setting Pug as Templating engine
app.set('view engine', 'pug');

// Sends response from the template views/index
// Data of object {status:'running'} is provided/injected to the template and ...
// ... can be accessed there
app.get("/template", function(req, res) {
    res.status(200)
      .render('index', {title: 'My Pug page', status:'running'});
});