The Markdown route

In the default folder within the routes directory, you'll find the markdownRoute.js file—this is essentially the heart and soul of Blog-Doc. It’s responsible for handling the content of two key folders under the views directory:

1. The posts folder
2. The pages folder

This file takes the Markdown files from these folders and converts them into HTML. It then serves each post and page on a route that matches its filename. If someone tries to access a route that doesn’t correspond to any file in these folders, they’ll see a 404 error page.

To get a deeper understanding of how this works, I encourage you to check out the markdownRoute.js file itself—it’s well documented and should provide all the insights you need. You might also find these articles on my personal blog helpful:

1. Markdown Blog with EJS
2. Turn a Markdown Blog into a Simple SSG

Since the file and these articles cover everything in detail, there’s no need to go further here.

That’s a wrap on how Markdown and template engine files are rendered from start to finish. See you in the next post!