serverBefore/serverAfter/serverExtend event question

[davidsteinberger]

While playing around with the express-namespace module I realized a small issue with the events of docpad:

The module requires a require('express-namespace') call and then provides an app.namespace() method.

However calling require('express-namespace') in either of the events doesn't do the trick.

Workaround:
Manually setting a server instance fixes that.

docpadConfig = {
  server: express.createServer()
  ...

  serverBefore: (opts, next) ->
    console.log 'serverBefore'
    require('express-namespace')
    next()

  ...
}

Why is that?

[balupton]

From our quick chat on IRC it seems that express-namespace only works with express v3. As DocPad uses express v2, grabbing express inside your docpad configuration file will load in your own express (assuming v3) instead of docpad's express (v2) solving the issue.

Would you say that could be the case?

[balupton]

Express.js v3 has landed in DocPad v6.7.0