title: EJS render parameters meaning
body: <pre><code>var express = require('express');
  
  var app = express();
  app.set('view engine','ejs');
  
  var ejs = require('ejs'),
      people = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'],
      html = ejs.render('&lt;%= people.join(", "); %&gt;', {people: people});
  
  app.get('/' , function(req, res){
      res.render("basic",{html});
  });
  
  app.listen( 3000,function() {
      console.log(html);
   });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the "basic" is a basic.ejs file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  &lt;title&gt;Hello&lt;/title&gt;
  &lt;body&gt;
  &lt;%- html %&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works but I want to know what exactly is going on in this line</p>
  
  <pre><code>html = ejs.render('&lt;%= people.join(", "); %&gt;', {people: people});
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What does the statement {people: people} do ?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you</p>