Question

Quick question about the Jade template engine:

• How can you pass node.js variables to a .jade template when you’re not using express.js?

I’m trying to make a small website that doesn’t use express, just so that I can understand how everything works.

Also, are there tutorials or articles about the use of Jade and node.js without express?

Answer 1

var jade = require('jade');
jade.renderFile('tpl.jade', { hello: 'world' }, function(err, html) {
        console.log(err);
        console.log(html);
});

tpl.jade:

html
  body
    h1 #{hello}