ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

[stevo-300]

Hi,

I am trying to run the basic program but i'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I am completey new to Node.js.

I have got this as my app.js:

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var exphbs = require('express-handlebars');
var expressValidator = require('express-validator');
var flash = require('connect-flash');
var session = require('express-session');
var passport = require('passport');
var localStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;

var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');

//Initialise App
var app = express();

//View Engine
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({defaultLayout:'layout'}));
app.set('view engine','handlebars');

// Body Parser Middleware
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.use(cookieParser());

// set static folder
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

// Express session
app.use(session({
  secret: 'trout',
  saveUninitialized: true,
  resave: true
}));

//passport Initialise
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

// Express Validator
app.use(expressValidator({
  errorFormatter: function(param,msg,value){
    var namespace = param.split('.')
    , root = namespace.shift()
    , formParam = root;

    while(namespace.length) {
      formParam += '[' + namespace.shift() + ']';
    }
    return {
      param : formParam,
      msg: msg,
      value: value
    };
  }
}));

// Connect flash
app.use(flash());

//Global Vars
app.use(function (req, res, next){
  res.locals.success_msg = req.flash('success_msg');
  res.locals.error_msg = req.flash('error_msg');
  res.locals.error = req.flash('error');
});

app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);

//set port
app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 8080));

app.listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Server started on port '+app.get('port'));
});

When I run the server (npm start) it says that the server is started on port 8080, but when I try and load the page I get nothing... Have I missed something really obvious?

As a test I changed the line: res.locals.success_msg = req.flash('success_msg'); to res.local.success_msg = req.flash('success_msg'); The server started, but when I tried to load a page it kicked up an errror. So it is trying to do something. I suspect I have messed up a route or something, but I can't see it

I handtyped everything so I could use it as a learning example. The file structure has been created exactly as in the first youtube video (really good by the way).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Steve

[stevo-300]

I think I must have missed something in the video. I have gone over the code and added a few extra bits from the example and it now works. Noob error i guess