What does “res.render” do, and what does the html file look like?

What does res.render do and what does the html file look like? res.render() function compiles your template (please don’t use ejs), inserts locals there, and creates html output out of those two things. Answering Edit 2 part. So, the template path is views/ (first part) + orders (second part) + .ejs (third part) === views/orders.ejs Anyway, express.js documentation is good for what it does. It is API … Read more

Get the last item in an array

Update 13 July 2021 The new at() method allows you to use negative indices to mean “from the end”. You can access the last item of locArray like this: At time of update, the at() method is supported in Chrome 92+, FireFox 90+, Node 16 and Deno 1.12+ Older answer In the event that your server serves the same file for … Read more

How to read an external local JSON file in JavaScript?

You cannot make a AJAX call to a local resource as the request is made using HTTP. A workaround is to run a local webserver, serve up the file and make the AJAX call to localhost. In terms of helping you write code to read JSON, you should read the documentation for jQuery.getJSON(): http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/