marty-mcgee/frnt

Front-end server for your website.

frnt

Front-end server for your website, in nodejs.

Install

npm install frnt

Super simple to setup:

var path = require('path');
var frnt = require('frnt'); / Loadit 
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

// template engine, can be whatever you like. 
var doT = require('express-dot');

// make sure that your routes are set before the frnt middleware
app.use(app.router);

// here is where we set up the middleware
app.use(frnt.init({

    // this is the internal URL for the data.
    // so each call to your site, say www.foo.com/hello
    // will be proxied to the address below, which in the foo example would be
    // http://localhost:8080/hello
    // As long as http://localhost:8080/hello returns json, say:
    // { 
    //     title: 'hello world'
    //     module: 'index'
    // }
    // It will be merged with your template (which corresponds with the name given in 'module'
    proxyUrl: "http://localhost:8080" 
}));

// define rendering engine
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, "views"));
app.set('view engine', 'html' );
app.engine('html', doT.__express );

app.listen(3000);