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Sahat Yalkabov
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@ -423,10 +423,14 @@ We are done with the server-side business.
You now have a choice - to include your JavaScript code in Jade templates or have all your client-side You now have a choice - to include your JavaScript code in Jade templates or have all your client-side
JavaScript in a separate file - in `main.js`. I will admit, when I first started out with Node.js and JavaScript in general, JavaScript in a separate file - in `main.js`. I will admit, when I first started out with Node.js and JavaScript in general,
I placed all JavaScript code inside templates because I have access to template variables passed in from Express I placed all JavaScript code inside templates because I have access to template variables passed in from Express
right then and there. It's the easiest thing you can do, but also the least efficient and harder to maintain. right then and there. It's the easiest thing you can do, but also the least efficient and harder to maintain. Since then I
almost never include inline JavaScript inside templates anymore.
But it's understandable if you take the easier road. Most of the time you don't care about performance during hackathons, you just But it's also understandable if you want take the easier road.
Most of the time you don't even care about performance during hackathons, you just
want to [*"get shit done"*](http://www.startupvitamins.com/media/products/13/aaron_levie_poster_black.jpg) before the time runs out. want to [*"get shit done"*](http://www.startupvitamins.com/media/products/13/aaron_levie_poster_black.jpg) before the time runs out.
Well, either way, use whichever approach makes more sense to you. At the end of the day,
it's **what** you build that matters, not **how** you build it.
If you want to stick all your JavaScript inside templates, then in `layout.jade` - If you want to stick all your JavaScript inside templates, then in `layout.jade` -
your main template file, add this to `head` block. your main template file, add this to `head` block.
@ -446,7 +450,8 @@ inside the `$(document).ready()`. Oh, and notice the path of socket.io file, you
have to have `socket.io.js` file anywhere in your project, it will be generated automatically have to have `socket.io.js` file anywhere in your project, it will be generated automatically
at runtime. at runtime.
And that's it, we are done! And that's it, we are done! If you want to see a really
cool real-time dashboard example, refer to [pull request #23](https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter/pull/23/files).
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