Best way to set up routes in Node.js with Express.js

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I'd like to know my options for how to structure my routes in Express.js. Here's my apps directory right now:

  ├── public
  │   ├── images
  │   ├── javascripts
  │   │   ├── showLogin.js
  │   │   └── showSignup.js
  │   └── stylesheets
  │       ├── dash.styl
  │       ├── reset.styl
  │       ├── space.styl
  │       ├── style.css
  │       ├── style.styl
  │       └── typography.styl
  ├── routes
  │   └── index.js
  ├── views
  │   ├── dash.jade
  │   ├── index.jade
  │   ├── layout.jade
  │   └── space.jade
  ├── app.js
  └── package.json

Is it best to break up routes/index.js into several single route files? I've tried this, and apparently I'm not much good at it, haha.

Another option is to introduce a lib directory somewhere. Where does one usually do that?

Any other advice would rock!

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3 Answers

Take a look at the work that PayPal did with KrakenJS. It's built on top of express, but it adds a configuration layer to it that keeps things like routes super tidy.

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