Node.js for .NET Developers

Chapter 4. Rendering with Node.js

Now that we’ve covered routing and the basic sending of a response to a web request, let’s start bringing your Node.js application into the real world. In this chapter, you’ll add some real webpages that allow users to interact with a data-driven UI.

Before you start

You have a couple more npm packages to hook up before you can get going. I realize this tutorial is falling into a pattern where I say, “Let’s get going!” only to have you turn the page and discover there’s just a wee bit more setup to do before you can actually get going. Sorry about that! Again, all I can do is remind you that this is Node.js Land where, unlike the Microsoft “add-a-page-and-then-a-control-and-click-go model,” nothing comes built-in. ...