Setting up default view path in Express.js

Question

Source Code

app.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');
var viewPath = path.join(__dirname, 'app/views');

app.set('views', viewPath);
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.render('index', { title: 'Home Page' } );
});

app.listen(3000);

Folder Structure

app
└───views     
│        └───index.jade
└───app.js

Error in Browser

Error: Failed to lookup view index in views directory d:\Users\Admin\Documents\...\project\views

Question

I would like to structure my app by placing the view files in app/views/*.jade, but I cannot get it working so far, using app.set('views', ...) should work but it doesn't

console.log(viewPath) shows d:\Users\Admin\Documents\...\project\app\views

I also tried e.g. app.set('views', 'xxx') but the error still get stucked on the same path, it seems like app.set() has never been called, what's wrong here ?, please guide.

Thanks

Edit

It doesn't matter what I set using app.set('views', 'xxx') the error will always be Error: Failed to lookup view index in views directory d:\Users\Admin\Documents\...\project\views (always keep saying the same path)

I'm so sorry about router.get('/', ...), My actually project's files are different, so I was making mistake here

Answer 1

Try using

app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

Your app.js is in your app folder so I think

var viewPath = path.join(__dirname, 'app/views');

app.set('views', viewPath);

will look into app/app/views/ instead of app/views/ because of __dirname
__dirname is the directory in which the currently executing script resides.