node.js - Unable to perform an action if a view isn't present when clicking a link -

i doing simple site. has following structure:

/

-routes

--index.js

--login.js

--logout.js

-views

--index.jade

--login.jade

this site utilizes latest version node.js, jade templating engine , express if helps well.

basically have when click on index, your'e presented option login, process login template, , check credentials. logout, want go .js file, nuke session have, , reroute index view. can't seem routing done correctly, acts it's expecting view, there none, think that's why it's failing. there way "no there's no view, jsut process js file?"

edit: app.js file contents

var express = require('express'); var path = require('path'); var favicon = require('static-favicon'); var logger = require('morgan'); var cookieparser = require('cookie-parser'); var bodyparser = require('body-parser'); var http = require('http');  var indexroute = require('./routes/index'); var loginroute = require('./routes/login'); var logoutroute = require('./routes/logout');  var app = express();  var db = require("mongojs").connect("localhost:27017/acl", ["comments"]);  app.use(function(req,res,next){ req.db = db; next(); });  // view engine setup app.set('port', process.env.port || 3000); app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views')); app.set('view engine', 'jade'); app.use(favicon()); app.use(logger('dev')); app.use(bodyparser.json()); app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded()); app.use(cookieparser()); app.use(require('stylus').middleware(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); app.get('*', function(req, res, next) { res.locals.user = req.user || null; next(); });  app.use('/', indexroute); app.post('/loginform', loginroute); app.use('/login', loginroute); app.use('/logout', logoutroute); 

logout.js

var express = require('express); var router = express.router();  router.get('/logout', function (req, res) {    if (req.session === undefined) {       res.location("index");       res.redirect("/");    } else {       if (res.session.role == "guest") {          res.location("index");          res.redirect("/");       } else {          req.session = null;          res.render('home', {title: "express" });              }    } }  module.exports = router; 

it seems error here:

... } else {     req.session = null;     res.render('home', {title: "express" });        } ... 

i believe want same thing in other parts of if statement - redirect index.

on note,

res.location("index"); res.redirect("/"); 

can , should changed

res.redirect("/") 

also there seems typo on first line in logout.js - missing end quote on require('express')