app.delete raise syntax error on express with nodeclipse IDE

Question

does anyone familiar with this error on nodeclipse IDE ?

  app.delete('/delete', function(req, res) {
  ....
  });

Syntax error on token ".", , expected

Answer 1

delete is a reserved word in JavaScript. In express, you should use app.del(...). For you example, the following code should work:

app.del('/delete', function(req, res) {
   ...
});