It could be that you're not sending any data to the index file. I would try something like this..

 exports.index = function(req, res){ console.log('welcome admin'); res.render('index', { output: 'Welcome Admin' }); } 

And then in your app.js file you want to have

 app.get('/', routes.index); 

It could be that you're not sending any data to the index file. I would try something like this..

 exports.index = function(req, res){ console.log('welcome admin'); res.render('index', { output: 'Welcome Admin' }); } 

And then in your app.js file you want to have

 app.get('/', routes.index); 

and then in your index.jade file should have the tag for output key.so that whatever the value is given to output key is printed in the template.