Pug completely refuses to work

1

hello! looks like i have stuck here, i tried to look for solutions but they showed me the same code i had already written and it doesn’t work. maybe i should some specific older version of express or pug or something?
here is my app https://goofy-risk.glitch.me and another one where i didn’t update dependencies but still get the same mistake https://faint-pig.glitch.me
it gives me the following mistake “Failed to lookup view “/appviews/pug/index.pug” in views directory “/app/views””, apparently it’s a problem with routing but even if i write res.render('/pug/index.pug', {title: 'Hello', message: 'Please login'}); i get the following “Failed to lookup view “/pug/index.pug” in views directory “/app/views”” mistake

here is my code

'use strict';

const express     = require('express');
const bodyParser  = require('body-parser');
const fccTesting  = require('./freeCodeCamp/fcctesting.js');
const pug = require('pug');

const app = express();

fccTesting(app); //For FCC testing purposes
app.use('/public', express.static(process.cwd() + '/public'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

app.set('view engine', 'pug');

app.route('/')
  .get((req, res) => {
    res.render(process.cwd() + 'views/pug/index.pug', {title: 'Hello', message: 'Please login'});
  });

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, () => {
  console.log("Listening on port " + process.env.PORT);
});

faint-pig’s original dependencies

{
	"//1": "describes your app and its dependencies",
	"//2": "https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json",
	"//3": "updating this file will download and update your packages",
	"name": "FCC-Advanced-Node-and-Express",
	"author": "http://github.com/JosephLivengood",
	"version": "0.0.1",
	"description": "What am I about?",
	"main": "server.js",
	"scripts": {
		"start": "node server.js"
	},
	"dependencies": {
		"express": "^4.14.1",
		"cors": "^2.8.1",
		"body-parser": "^1.16.0",
		"mongodb": "^2.2.22",
		"helmet": "^3.4.0",
    "pug": "^0.1.0"
	},
	"engines": {
		"node": "4.4.3"
	},
	"repository": {
		"type": "git",
		"url": "https://hyperdev.com/#!/project/welcome-project"
	},
	"keywords": [
		"node",
		"hyperdev",
		"express"
	],
	"license": "MIT"
}
2

Add slash at the beginning: '/views/pug/index.pug'

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3

thanks! i knew it had to be something silly ><

4

Actually it was right there in the error:

“Failed to lookup view “/appviews/pug/index.pug” in views directory “/app/views”

:slight_smile: