Using stylus middleware with express 4, SyntaxError

Question

Im trying to use nodejs express v4 with stylus, but its throwing SyntaxError. Please help, also you can find my server.js below;;

Please note: Im first time creating MEANstack project, and dont be harsh on me :)

Your environment has been set up for using Node.js 0.10.26 (x64) and npm.

Error: Most middleware (like logger) is no longer bundled with Express and must
be installed separately. Please see https://github.com/senchalabs/connect#middle
ware.
    at Function.Object.defineProperty.get (C:\Sites\meanProject\node_modules\exp
ress\lib\express.js:89:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Sites\meanProject\server.js:10:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:902:3

server.js:

    var express = require('express');
var stylus = require('stylus');
var env = process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';

var app = express();

//set view engine
app.set('views', __dirname + '/server/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());

//style middlware
app.use(stylus.middleware({
  src: __dirname + '/public',
  dest: __dirname + '/public/css',
  compile: function compile(str, path){
     return stylus(str).set('filename', path).set('compress', true);
  }
}));

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/public')));//all public req will be responded by public dir now.

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

//start listening on server
var port = 3000;
app.listen(port);
console.log('Server running at localhost:' + port);

Answer 1

@thyforhtian yes, you were right my code was outdated.

I fixed it. Im not using nodejs to compile my stylus file anymore, instead im using gulp.

Posting my file here, with steps, it might be helpful for someone-else.

Compile stylus files with gulp watch. And code for express server js file

Started with installing node modules

npm init 
npm install -save express jade


// Step 1: Install gulp globally
npm install -g gulp

// Step 2: Install gulp in your project
npm install --save-dev gulp gulp-stylus gulp-plumber

npm install morgan body-parser --save

server.js

var express = require('express');
var stylus = require('stylus');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var env = process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';

var app = express();

//set view engine
app.set('views', __dirname + '/server/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(cookieParser());

//all public req will be responded by public dir now.
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

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

//start listening on server
var port = 3000;
app.listen(port);
console.log('Server running at localhost:' + port);

gulpfile.js

var gulp = require('gulp');
var stylus = require('gulp-stylus');
var plumber = require('gulp-plumber');

gulp.task('stylus', function() {
  gulp.src('public/stylesheets/style.styl')
    .pipe(plumber())
    .pipe(stylus())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('public/stylesheets'));
});

gulp.task('watch', function() {
  gulp.watch('public/stylesheets/*.styl', ['stylus']);
});

gulp.task('default', ['stylus', 'watch']);

run gulp to execute