Express.JS

Question 1

Where can one find documentation for Embedded JavaScript templating?

Answer 1

EJS.co

Question 2

What line must be used in your app.js file to initialise EJS?

Answer 2

Question 3

What folder must exist before you can use EJS?

Answer 3

A folder called “views” containing the files that will be rendered by the “res.render(…)” line below.

Question 4

What type of file will be inside the “views” folder? What type of data can it read?

Answer 4

An “.ejs” file; which reads html data.

Question 5

Explain the arguments of the “res.render(…)” line, below:

Answer 5

The file will perform calcualtions and then the server will respond (res) to the browser by rendering (render) a file named “list” (which is in a folder called “views” - nb “view engine”). This list.ejs file will have an embedded tag that allows the res.render to send contingent information to the browser using a key-value pair ({ day : day}).

Question 6

What’s the syntax for .ejs contingent information?

Answer 6

Where EJS stands for whatever name you give a variable in your app.js file.

This is embedding.