Redirects

Author: codingChewie

app.js

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ app.use(cookieParser())
 
 app.set('view engine', 'pug')
 
-app.get('/', (req, res) => res.render('index'))
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  const name = req.cookies.username
+
+  res.render('index', { name })
+})
 
 app.get('/cards', (req, res) => {
   eyes.inspect(res.locals, 'res.locals')
@@ -27,9 +31,7 @@ app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
 
 app.post('/hello', (req, res) => {
   res.cookie('username', req.body.username)
-  res.render('hello', {
-    name: req.body.username,
-  })
+  res.redirect('/')
 })
 
 app.listen(3000, () => console.log('The app is running on port 3000'))

views/hello.pug

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 extends layout.pug
 
 block content
-  if name
-    h2 welcome, #{name}
-  else
-    form(action='/hello', method='POST')
-      label Please enter name
-        input(type='text', name='username')
-      button(type='submit') Submit
+  form(action='/hello', method='POST')
+    label Please enter name
+      input(type='text', name='username')
+    button(type='submit') Submit

views/index.pug

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ extends layout.pug
 
 block content
   section#content
-    h2 Welcome, student
+    h2 Welcome, #{name}!