Basic index.js

index.js

const express = require("express");
const path = require("path");
const hbs = require("hbs");

const app = express();
let PORT = 8080;
// servers any appropriate static files(i.e. css, js, etc)
const publicPath = path.join(__dirname, "../../public");
app.use(express.static(publicPath));
// setups hbs view path, where express will look for files
const partialPath = path.join(__dirname, "../views/partials");
const viewPath = path.join(__dirname, "../views");

// configures express to use hbs
hbs.registerPartials(partialPath);
app.set("view engine", "hbs");
app.set("views", viewPath);

// base url for homepage
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  console.log("RENDERING THE HOME PAGE");
  res.render("home.hbs"); // express looks for a file in the views directory,
  //then compiles and renders them to the client
});

app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server is up on port ${PORT}`);
});