A 'Hello World' server for Node.js, Express, Jade and Heroku

index.jade

/* Filepath: ./app/views/index.jade */
doctype
html
  head
    title My Page
  body
    h1 Hello, World!

index.js

/* Use Express and Jade, 'app' represents the Express server */
var express = require('express'),
	jade = require('jade'),
	app = express();

/* Global settings for express */
app.configure(function () {
        app.set('view engine', 'jade'); // Views are in Jade
        app.set('views', __dirname + '/app/views'); // View folder is ./app/views/
        app.use(express.bodyParser()); // Makes http bodies readable
        app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public')); // Static dir is ./public
});

/* A 'GET' to the root will render the index view */
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
	res.render('index');
});

/* Server will start on 5000 locally, or on environment port on Heroku */
var port = process.env.PORT || 5000;

app.listen(port, function () {
        console.log('Listening on ' + port);
});

package.json

{
  "name": "Express Example",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "Express example",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": ""
  },
  "author": "Tim Lebel",
  "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "~3.4.8",
    "jade": "~1.1.5"
  }
}

Procfile

web: node index.js

tree

.
├── app
│   └── views
├── index.js
├── node_modules
│   ├── express
│   └── jade
├── package.json
└── Procfile

to run: node index.js
navigate browser to: localhost:5000