How to render doT.js templating in nodejs?

You need to let express know to use doT as the template engine like this:

app.set("view engine", "html");app.register('.html', doT);

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I wasn't very happy with the way existing modules worked with Express 3.x, I wrote one called dot-emc:

https://github.com/nerdo/dot-emc

Usage is similar to what has been posted above. Install it with nom:

npm install dot-emc

Then set it up as your default view engine. I prefer using the .def extension since my text editor recognizes .dot files as Graphviz files, so the syntax is slightly different:

app.engine("def", require("dot-emc").__express);app.set("view engine", "def");

Then you can start using it as you would any other view engine in your routes, e.g.:

app.get("/", function(req, res) {    res.render("index", {"title": "title goes here"});});

If you're running express 3, it's not supported yet. You can however use express-dot:

npm install express-dot

Then in configure

app.set('view engine', 'dot' );app.engine('dot', require('express-dot').__express );

Then in routes:

res.render('profile', {}); // you will need to create views/profile.dot