Views

lib/index.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Overlook.Errors = Overlook.prototype.Errors = Errors;
 Overlook.Plugin = Overlook.prototype.Plugin = Plugin;
 Overlook.Routes = Overlook.prototype.Routes = Routes;
 Overlook.log = Overlook.prototype.log = log;
+Overlook.viewEngines = Overlook.prototype.viewEngines = {};
 
 // add Overlook to Overlook.prototype
 Overlook.prototype.Overlook = Overlook;

lib/overlook.js

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ var pathModule = require('path'),
     expressor = require('expressor'),
     fs = require('fs-extra-promise'),
     promisifyAny = require('promisify-any'),
-    requireFolderTree = require('require-folder-tree');
+    requireFolderTree = require('require-folder-tree'),
+    walkFolderTree = require('walk-folder-tree');
 
 // imports
 var Utils = require('./utils'),
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ module.exports = {
     },
 
     getPaths: function() {
-        return ['controllers', 'public'];
+        return ['controllers', 'views', 'public'];
     },
 
     start: function*() {
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ module.exports = {
         }).bind(this));
         this.log('Initialized plugins');
 
+        // init views
+        this.log('Loading views from ' + this.options.paths.views);
+        yield this.viewsInit();
+        this.log('Loaded views');
 
         // init controllers
         this.log('Loading controllers from ' + this.options.paths.controllers);
@@ -121,6 +126,20 @@ module.exports = {
         return this;
     },
 
+    viewsInit: function*() {
+        var views = this.views,
+            viewEngines = this.viewEngines,
+            path = this.options.paths.views;
+
+        if (!path || !(yield fs.existsAsync(path))) return;
+
+        yield walkFolderTree(path, function*(params) {
+            if (params.directory) return;
+            var ext = pathModule.extname(params.name).slice(1);
+            if (ext && viewEngines[ext]) views.push(params.path.slice(0, -ext.length - 1));
+        });
+    },
+
     controllersInit: function*() {
         var overlook = this,
             app = this.app,
@@ -209,6 +228,7 @@ module.exports = {
         var app = express();
         app.set('strict routing', true);
         if (this.options.paths.public) app.use(express.static(this.options.paths.public));
+        if (this.options.paths.views) app.set('views', this.options.paths.views);
         return app;
     },
 

package.json

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "is-generator": "^1.0.2",
     "lodash": "^3.10.0",
     "promisify-any": "^1.0.0",
-    "require-folder-tree": "^1.4.5"
+    "require-folder-tree": "^1.4.5",
+    "walk-folder-tree": "^0.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^2.2.4",