Now create a file lasthello.js in the project folder. For convenience, we added the relevant code to the previous Express example. Everything that worked before still works but if you type http://localhost:3000/, you will see a page with the layout from the layout file and {{{body}}} replaced by(you guessed it):
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var app = express();
var handlebars = require('express-handlebars') .create({ defaultLayout:'main' });
app.engine('handlebars', handlebars.engine);
app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
var options = {
dotfiles: 'ignore',
etag: false,
extensions: ['htm', 'html'],
index: false
};
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public') , options ));
app.get('/', function(req, res)
{
res.render('hello'); // this is the important part
});
app.listen(app.get('port'), function () {
console.log('Hello express started on http://localhost...