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Hi @VikramSingh-vartagram, new added section breaks original flow of the document. Also, I think these changes are irrelevant because line no.22 already shows how to set view engine.
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Thank you for the feedback! While line 22 explains how to toggle the view
engine setting, it assumes the engine is already Express-compliant out of
the box (like Pug).
Many users building apps manually (without the generator) run into issues
with Handlebars because it requires an explicit app.engine() configuration
to work with Express. My goal was to provide the missing setup logic for
these non-default engines to prevent common 'Module does not provide a view
engine' errors.
If you feel the separate section breaks the flow, would you prefer I
integrate this example directly into the 'Manual Setup' notes or as a
sub-bullet under the view engine property?
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Hi @VikramSingh-vartagram <https://github.com/VikramSingh-vartagram>, new
added section breaks original flow of the document. Also, I think these
changes are irrelevant because line no.22 already shows how to set view
engine.
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Description
This PR addresses a documentation gap in the "Using template engines with Express" guide. Currently, the documentation assumes users are using the
express-generator. Developers building applications manually often encounterError: Module "handlebars" does not provide a view enginebecause the corehandlebarspackage is not Express-compliant without a wrapper.Changes
express-handlebarsengine usingapp.engine().Impact
Improves the developer experience (DX) for users building minimal or custom Express configurations, reducing common setup errors.
Related Issues
Fixes #2128