How to organize modules for pages ? | NestJS | Page 1

green veldt Dec 14, 2023, 10:14 AM

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For example, when generating pages with a templating language like EJS, how would you organize the modules to serve those pages ?
Would you make a module for each page category for example RootModule, ContactModule, AboutModule ?
Or would you make a PageModule that would serve every page ?

thick helm Dec 14, 2023, 5:35 PM

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A page is a View. Controllers serve views. I would apply the same logic for pages as for "response dtos", that is, keep them in the module that they come from.

green veldt Dec 14, 2023, 10:41 PM

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thick helm A page is a View. Controllers serve views. I would apply the same logic for page...

I have a contact form in my landing page. Where would I put that ?

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In the app.controller ?

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I need a method in a controller that takes the post data and sends the email

thick helm Dec 14, 2023, 10:42 PM

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Submission of the form generates a POST request, so you should handle that in the controller. The form itself would be rendered by the template

green veldt Dec 14, 2023, 10:43 PM

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thanks but what module would you put that in ?

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would you make a Contact module

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or a Form module ?

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or just put that in app

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I'm trying to figure out what would be the appropriate way to organize it

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the form has no associated entity so it's not straight forward to categorize in a module

quiet bridge Dec 14, 2023, 11:05 PM

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green veldt would you make a Contact module

Seems like a solid choice.

green veldt Dec 15, 2023, 6:15 PM

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thanks

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@quiet bridge I was thinking that it's the landing page, the best place would be the app module

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index page ~= root

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in my mind atleast

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(app controller)

#How to organize modules for pages ?