NodeJS + Express + Handlebars - failed to locate view “index.html”

Question

I have been playing a bit with Node.js. I recently started toying with Express and have been setting up a basic app. I wanted to use Handlebars as my view templating engine, b

Answer 1

By default, it will look in a folder called views from the directory the script is. If you use a different dir you must specify it.

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');

Express should also tell you more information about where it's trying to find the view, that should help you know exactly where it's looking.