Is there any way to use simple html instead of jade?

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I am new to node.js platoform. By default it uses jade as its template engine.Is there any way to use simple html tags instead of jade?

possible duplicate of [node.js - what are the advantages of using jade](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11344346/node-js-what-are-the-advantages-of-using-jade) — gherkins, Sep 03 '13 at 08:09
Also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17866289/html-in-express-and-node-js — Jonathan Lonowski, Sep 03 '13 at 08:38
i would recommand to stick to jade, it makes writing html a lot faster and the source also looks cleaner... — supernova, Sep 03 '13 at 10:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '13 at 08:24

Yep, it is possible:

var serverHTML = function(res) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    var body = '<html>' + 
       '<head>' +             
       '<title>Page</title>' +
   '</head>' +
   '<body >' +
   '<center><h1>Hello World</h1></center>' +
   '</body>' +
   '</html>';
    res.end(body + '\n');
}
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    serverHTML(res);
}).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('Server running at 127.0.0.1:1337/');

However, using of template language brings a lot of benefits, like

putting the templates in different files
adding content
using nested templates

If you use pure html you should deal with this by yourself.

There are of course template engines which uses html as base. For example https://github.com/paularmstrong/swig/

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '13 at 11:47

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You ask "Is there any way to use simple html tags instead of jade?"

jade uses simple html tags. It just doesn't make you repeat them

blah

vs

div blah

answered Sep 03 '13 at 11:47

Jim Mack

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