nodejs View not rending in Layout

Question

I am trying to create a simple layout using CoffeeScript, NodeJS and expressJS. My Coffee script is

routes.coffee I have renamed routes folder to apps and my routes.coffee file is in there in authentication folder i.e. apps\authentication\routes.coffee

routes = (app) ->
  app.get "/login", (req , res) ->
    res.render "#{__dirname}/views/login",
      title: 'Login',
      stylesheet: 'login'
module.exports = routes

Login View I have renamed routes folder to apps and my login view in there in authentication folder i.e. apps\authentication\views\login.jade

extends ../../../views/layout

block content
form(action='/sessions', method='post')
    label
        | Username
        input(type='text', name='user')
    label
        | Password
        input(type='password', name='password')
    input(type='submit', name='Submit')

Layout.jade This file is in default views folder. I am using default layout

doctype
html
  head
    title= title
  body
    #content
      h1= title
      block content

    != body

app.js

require('coffee-script').register();
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

//var index = require('./routes/index');
//var users = require('./routes/users');

var app = express();

// view engine setup
// app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// app.set('view options', { layout: 'views/layout' });
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, '/public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/public')));
// app.use(express.static('public'));
app.set('view options', {  
  layout: false
});
//app.use('/', index);
//app.use('/users', users);

require('./apps/authentication/routes')(app);

// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  var err = new Error('Not Found');
  err.status = 404;
  next(err);
});

// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
  // set locals, only providing error in development
  res.locals.message = err.message;
  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};

  // render the error page
  res.status(err.status || 500);
  res.render('error');
});

module.exports = app;

I have created two variables title and stylesheet in routes.coffee however, when i try to implement those variables at layout.jade i.e. title, i get undefined as title in heading.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I think you have not used indentation correctly. In your Login View this :

extends ../../../views/layout

block content
form(action='/sessions', method='post')
    label
        | Username
        input(type='text', name='user')
    label
        | Password
        input(type='password', name='password')
    input(type='submit', name='Submit')

should be :

extends ../../../views/layout
block content
  form(action='/sessions', method='post')
    label
        | Username
        input(type='text', name='user')
    label
        | Password
        input(type='password', name='password')
    input(type='submit', name='Submit')