I recently started node.js and express and I just couldn't find what is this view engine. and what's the difference between different kinds of them. for example : app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('view engine', 'html');
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this engine keyword is not for extension ,, this is an keyword like jade and ejs to render pages script – Muhammad Ali Dec 06 '14 at 19:48
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app.set('view engine', 'html'); // Means, render pages in HTML
app.set('view engine', 'jade'); // Means, render pages in Jade template
view engine is just a keyword/property to tell/set ExpressJS what kind of engine/format to render the page in.
What's Jade? Go here
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