Express has no equivalent to server-side includes for static client-side content.
Can someone recommend a good solution for robustly replicating this functionality (for web age headers and footers mostly), but without resorting to a full-scale HAML redesign? Partials is deprecated.
If you're using node.js, you should be able to just use require on the server file you want, assuming it's a js file:
require('myfile.js');
You will have to modify your js file to include a module export so you can gain access to various functions.
myfile.js:
module.exports = {
nameToAccessFunction: myFunc,
someOtherFunction: myOtherFunc
}
var someVarForMyFileStuff;
function myFunc() { stuff... };
function myOtherFunc() { other stuff... };
Then your app file should look something like this when using that included file:
var myFile = require('myfile.js');
myFile.nameToAccessFunction();
myFile.someOtherFunction();
You can also nest your requires within other required files as much as you wish.