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Node.js By Example

You're reading from   Node.js By Example Learn to use Node.js by creating a fully functional social network

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784395711
Length 220 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Node.js Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Architecting the Project 3. Managing Assets 4. Developing the Model-View-Controller Layers 5. Managing Users 6. Adding Friendship Capabilities 7. Posting Content 8. Creating Pages and Events 9. Tagging, Sharing, and Liking 10. Adding Real-time Chat 11. Testing the User Interface Index

Constructing the entry point of the application


While we were constructing the Gulp setup, we created a task for JavaScript bundling. Browserify needs an entry point to resolve dependencies. We set frontend/js/app.js. Similarly, for the backend, we will build our logic around the router. The following code sets two routes and provides a helper function to render the Ractive.js component on the page:

// frontend/js/app.js
var Router = require('./lib/Router')();
var Home = require('./controllers/Home');
var currentPage;
var body;

var showPage = function(newPage) {
  if(currentPage) { currentPage.teardown(); }
  currentPage = newPage;
  body.innerHTML = '';
  currentPage.render(body);
}

window.onload = function() {

  body = document.querySelector('body');

  Router
  .add('home', function() {
    var p = new Home();
    showPage(p);
  })
  .add(function() {
    Router.navigate('home');
  })
  .listen()
  .check();

}

We require the Router variable at the top. Along with this, we need to fetch...

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