Node server.js

// server.js

// set up ======================================================================
// get all the tools we need
var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();
var port     = process.env.PORT || 8080;
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var passport = require('passport');
var flash    = require('connect-flash');

var morgan       = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser   = require('body-parser');
var session      = require('express-session');

var configDB = require('./app/config/configDB.js');

// configuration ===============================================================
mongoose.connect(configDB.url); // connect to our database

require('./app/config/passport')(passport); // pass passport for configuration


// routes ======================================================================
var routes       = require('./app/routes/indexRoutes.js'); // load our routes and pass in our app and fully configured passport
var adminRoutes  = require('./app/routes/adminRoutes.js');


// set up our express application
app.use(morgan('dev')); // log every request to the console
app.use(cookieParser()); // read cookies (needed for auth)
app.use(bodyParser()); // get information from html forms

// app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // set up ejs for templating

// required for passport
app.use(session({ secret: 'vintageisthelaw' })); // session secret
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session




app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/admin', adminRoutes);

// set static files location
// used for requests that our frontend will make
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public/'));
app.set('views', __dirname + '/public/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');




// launch ======================================================================
app.listen(port);
console.log('The magic happens on :\n\n http://localhost:'+ port+'\n\n');