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nodejs mvc framework

I have been working a an nodejs MVC framework, which I was able to use to build a simple nodejs CMS. Here is a live demo: nodejsmvc.com.

There are a few frameworks out there already, but I wanted to have something really lightweight, so that I have flexibility to grow it the way I desire. Also, I wanted to create something similar in implementation as my JavaScript MVC framework.

Here is a example of my routing class: 

var fs = require('fs'),
		c = require('../../config');

// Router.
exports.get = function(req, resp){

	var url = req.url.toLowerCase(),
			arr = url.split('/'),
			controller = 'page',
			action = 'index',
			p1 = '',
			p2 = '',
			p3 = '';
	
	try{

		// Routing.
		if(arr[1] === 'hypoteky'){
		
			var controller = 'hypoteky';
	
			if(arr[2]){
				p1 = arr[2];
				action = 'detail';
			}
		
		// Default route.
		} else {

			if(arr[1]){
				p1 = arr[1];
			}
		}

		// Load controller.
		var ctrl = require('../Controllers/' + controller);
		
		// Load view.
		fs.readFile(c.config.appPath + '/Views/' + controller + '/' + action + '.html', function (err, template) {

			if(template){
				view = template.toString();
			}
			
			// Load controller.
			ctrl.get({
					controller: controller,
					action: action,
					p1: p1,
					p2: p2,
					p3: p3
				},
				view,
				function(content){
					resp.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/html'});
					resp.write(content);
					resp.end();
			});
		});
	} catch(ex){
		
		// Error page.
		resp.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/html'});
		resp.write(ex);
		resp.end();	
	}
};

Here is an example of a controller:

var http = require('http'),
		tmpl = require('jqtpl'),
		fs = require('fs'),
		su = require('../lib/util.string'),
		ser = require('../lib/service'),
		c = require('../../config'),
		Mongolian = require("mongolian");

// Db.
var server = new Mongolian(c.config.dbConnection),
		db = server.db(c.config.dbName);
		
if(c.config.dbConnection !== 'localhost'){
	db.auth(c.config.dbUserName, c.config.dbPassword);
}

var hypoteky = db.collection("hypoteky"),
		zonesDb = db.collection("zones");
		
var zones = [];

var helpers = {
	htmlString: function(html){
	
		try {
			
			// Search zones.
			for(var i in zones) {
				html = html.replace('{zone:' + zones[i].key + '}', zones[i].content);
			}

		return html;
		} catch (ex){
			return ex;
		}
	}
};

// HTTP content getter.
exports.get = function(params, view, callBack){

	// Detail.
	if(params.p1 !== ''){
		
		fs.readFile(c.config.appPath + '/Models/hypSpiderKeys.js', function (err, data) {
			
			var keys = JSON.parse(data.toString());
			
			helpers.listParams = function(d){
				
				var sb = su.string.stringBuilder();
				
			  for (var i in keys) {
			  	if(d[keys[i].key]){
				  	sb.append(keys[i].name);
				  	sb.append(': ');
	    			sb.append(d[keys[i].key]);
	    			sb.append('
');
    			}
 				}

				return sb.toString();
			};
			
			hypoteky.findOne({ url: params.p1 }, function(err, hypoteka) {
				zonesDb.find().limit(50).toArray(function (err, zonesList) {
				
					  	// Zone list.
			  	zones = zonesList;
					
					// Array to obj conversion.  	
			  	var zone = {};
					for(var i in zones) {
						zone[zones[i].key] = zones[i].content;
					}
					
					var content = tmpl.tmpl(view, {hypoteka: hypoteka, zone: zone}, helpers);
					callBack(content);
				});
			});
		});
	} else {
		
		// Hyp list.
		hypoteky.find().limit(300).toArray(function (err, hypotekaList) {
      zonesDb.find().limit(50).toArray(function (err, zonesList) {
				
					  	// Zone list.
			  	zones = zonesList;
					
					// Array to obj conversion.  	
			  	var zone = {};
					for(var i in zones) {
						zone[zones[i].key] = zones[i].content;
					}
					
					var content = tmpl.tmpl(view, {hypoteky: hypotekaList, zone: zone}, helpers);
					callBack(content);
				});   			
			//var content = tmpl.tmpl(view, {hypoteky: hypotekaList});
			//callBack(content);
		});	
	}
};

As a view engine, I use the tmpl port the nodejs.

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