nodejs connect usage of built in modules -> method not found

Question

when I call this node.js file

var connect = require('connect');
var app = connect();
app.use(connect.static('public'));
app.listen(3000);

I do immediately get

app.use(connect.static('public'));
                      ^
TypeError: Object function createServer() {
  function app(req, res, next){ app.handle(req, res, next); }
  merge(app, proto);
  merge(app, EventEmitter.prototype);
  app.route = '/';
  app.stack = [];
  return app;
} has no method 'static'

Using Connect 3.0.1, are there changes with the integrated modules? If yes, how does it work then?

Answer 1

big changes coming with connect 3: middleware modules not included any longer. Find them at github.com/expressjs. "static" is now "serve-static". It needs to be installed separately with:

npm install serve-static

The above code should now look like this:

var connect = require('connect');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var app = connect();
app.use(serveStatic('public'));
app.listen(3000);

Answer 2

I had to install connect and serve-static

npm install connect

then type:

npm install serve-static

The code below will give you a nice message telling you your server is connected to port 3000.

var connect = require('connect');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var app = connect();
var port = 3000;
app.use(serveStatic(__dirname));
app.listen(port);
console.log('You are connected at port '+port);