server.js

const express = require('express');
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
const morgan = require('morgan');
const bodyparser = require("body-parser");
const path = require('path');

const connectDB = require('./server/database/connection');

const app = express();

dotenv.config({path:'config.env'})
const PORT = process.env.PORT||8080

//log requests
app.use(morgan('tiny'));

//mongodb connection
connectDB();

//parse
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({extended: true}))

//set view engine
app.set("view engine", "ejs")
//app.set("views", path.resolve(__dirname, "views/ejs")) this is here for reference

//load assets
app.use('/css', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, "assets/css")))
app.use('/img', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, "assets/img")))
app.use('/js', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, "assets/js")))

//load routers
app.use('/', require('./server/routes/router'))

app.listen(3000, ()=> {console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${PORT}`)});