script(src='/_js/jquery-1.8.2.min.js')
script
  $(document).ready(function(req, res) {
    $('#login').submit(function() {
    var formData = $(this).serialize();
    console.log(formData);
    $.post('/login', formdata, processData).error('ouch');

    function processData(data, status) {
      console.log(status);
      console.log(data);
      if (data == 'pass') {
        $('#content').html('<p>You have successfully loggin in!</p>');
      } else {
        if (! $('#fail').length) {
          $('#formFrame').prepend('<p id="fail">Incorrect login information. Please try again)</p>');
        }
      }
    } //end processData
  }); //end submit
}); //end ready

div.main
h1= title
div#formFrame
  form(id='login', action='/login', method='POST')
p
  label(for='username') Username:
  input(id='username', type='text', name='username')
p
  label(for='password') Password:
  input(id='password', type='password', name='password')
p
  input(id='button', type='submit', name='button', value='Submit')

app.post('/login', loginPost);

module.exports.loginPost = function(req, res) {
    var password = 'admin'
      , username = 'user'
      , data = req.body;

    if (data.username == username && data.password == password) {
      res.send('pass');
    } else {
      res.send('fail');
    }
};

$('#login').submit(function(evt) {
  evt.preventDefault();
  // ...
});