NaiveMVC

Simple MVC middleware for express. Inspired by .NET MVC framework.

Install

$ npm install naive-mvc

Simple Usage

var express = require('express');
var naivemvc = require('naive-mvc')(express);

var app = express();
app.use(naivemvc()); // Then use as middleware

Project Structure

Let's assume you have the following project layout

|-- areas
|   |-- api_v1
|   |   |-- controllers
|   |   |   |-- values.js
|   |   |-- index.js
|-- controllers
|   |-- index.js
|   |-- account.js
|-- views
|   |-- index
|   |   |-- index.html
|   |-- account
|   |   |-- login.html
|   |   |-- login_success.html
|-- app.js

Controller

// controllers/index.js

module.exports = function(router) {
    // GET /
    router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
        res.render('index', {data: 'Hello World!'}); // no need to specify path of the view file
    });
};

// controllers/account.js

module.exports = function(router) {
    // GET /account/login
    router.get('/login', function(req, res, next) {
        res.render('login');
    });

    // POST /account/login
    router.post('/login', function(req, res, next) {
        // TODO: Verify login credentials
        res.render('login_success');
    });
};

Area

To register an area, do the following

// areas/api_v1/index.js

var naivemvc = require('naive-mvc');

module.exports = function(router) {
    router.use('/api/v1', naivemvc({basePath: __dirname}); // You must supply basePath here
};

// areas/api_v1/controllers/values.js

module.exports = function(router) {
    // GET /api/v1/values
    router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
        res.jsonp(['value1', 'value2']);
    });
};

• Note: You must supply basePath options when registering an area *

API

naivemvc([options], [callback])

Shorthand method for calling naivemvc.registerAllControllers and naivemvc.registerAllAreas together.

app.use(naivemvc());

Return

Express.Router

Options

• basePath {String} (default: path.dirname(require.main.filename)): base path for controller, view and area directories
• controllerPath {String} (default: basePath + '/contollers'): directory that hold controller files
• viewPath {String} (default: basePath + '/views'): directory that hold view files
• areaPath {String} (default: basePath + '/areas'): directory that hold areas
• viewEngine {String} (default: 'jade'): view engine
• defaultDocument {String} (default: 'index'): default name of index file
• params {Array}: Parameters that passed to every controllers

A note on using * params *

If you specific params in options, they are passed to every controller

Examples

// app.js

var db = require('db');

app.use(naivemvc({
    params: [db]
}));

// controllers/account.js

module.exports = function(router, db) {
    // GET /account/id
    router.post('/:id', function(req, res, next) {
        db.users.findOne({_id: req.param.id}, function(err, user){
            if (user) {
                res.render('user', {user: user});
            } else {
                res.render('not_found');
            }
        });
    });
};

naivemvc.registerAllControllers([options], [callback])

Scan controllers directory and register all controllers

app.use(naivemvc.registerAllControllers());

Return

Express.Router

Options (see naivemvc())

• basePath
• controllerPath
• viewPath
• viewEngine
• defaultDocument
• params

naivemvc.registerAllAreas([options], [callback])

Scan areas directory and register all areas

app.use(naivemvc.registerAllAreas());

Return

Express Application

Options (see naivemvc())

• basePath
• areaPath
• params

License

MIT