title: Serve client side JavaScript in Express.js app
body: <p>I have recently started to build my first Node.js app using Express. I have used the latest Express generator to create a skeleton app and I have successfully create several different layouts using Jade and CSS - this all works fine.</p>
  
  <p>However, I cannot seem to get my client side JS to work.  In my public folder I have a separate front end JS file and the only thing it contains is an alert (just for testing purposes). I can successfully navigate to the file in the browser and I am not receiving any console errors, however the alert never fires - What am I doing wrong?</p>