SyntaxError: Unexpected token ) - node.js

Question

I am using Cassandra + Node.js to create an app, but I am receiving an error for this code:
C:\Users\userx\node-cassandra\app.js:44
app.post('/',new);
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token )
at Module._compile (module.js:545:28)
This is my code
app.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var helenus = require('helenus');
var index = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var app = express();
var pool = new helenus.ConnectionPool({
hosts : ['localhost:9160'],
keyspace : 'webinar',
cqlVersion : '3.0.0',
//user : 'test',
//password : 'test1233',
//timeout : 3000
//cqlVersion : '3.0.0' // specify this if you're using Cassandra 1.1 and want to use CQL 3
});
pool.connect(function(err){
if(err){
throw(err);
}
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('cassandra',pool);
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.get('/', routes.index);
app.post('/', new);
app.delete('/', delete);;
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
// set locals, only providing error in development
res.locals.message = err.message;
res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
// render the error page
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error');
});
module.exports = app;
});
index.js
exports.index = function(req, res, next){
req.app.get('cassandra').cql('SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 10',function(err, users){
if(err){
return next(err);
}
res.render('index', { title: 'Users', users: users });
});
};
exports.new = function(req, res, next){
var insert = 'UPDATE users SET first_name=?, last_name=? WHERE email=?',
params = [req.body.first_name, req.body.last_name, req.body.email];
req.app.get('cassandra').cql(insert, params, function(err, users){
if(err){
return next(err);
}
res.redirect('/');
});
};
exports.delete = function(req, res, next){
var remove = 'DELETE FROM users WHERE email=?',
params = [req.body.email];
req.app.get('cassandra').cql(remove, params, function(err, users){
if(err){
return next(err);
}
res.redirect('/');
});
};
Error
SyntaxError: Unexpected token )
i just tried to change the app.post('/',routes.new);
but it showed inheritance mustnot be done
Please tell me where is my mistake

Answer 1

new is a reserved word in ECMAScript. I don't think you will be able to use it as a member name as it is being interpreted as creating a new object.