gistfile1.js

var haml = require('hamljs'); var app = require('express').createServer(); 
var express = require('express');

app.configure('development', function() {
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(app.router);
    app.use(express.logger());
    app.use(express.bodyDecoder());
    app.use(express.staticProvider(__dirname+'/public'));
});

app.get("/", function(req,res) {
    console.log("A client connected to this HTTP server");
    res.send("Bye");
});

app.post("/post", function(req, res) {
    console.log("A post message");
    console.dir(req);
    console.log("get the incoming name");
    console.log(req.param.name);
    res.send("end of post");
});

app.listen(8888);

Few notes:

• methodOverride() should be below bodyDecoder() so that it can use the parsed body to check "_method"
• logger() should be first so that it can wrap all middleware
• app.router should be below bodyDecoder() and above staticProvider() so that you can intercept files if needed, and this is the source of your issue