server.js

// server.js

// set up ======================================================================
// get all the tools we need
var express  = require('express');
var expressLayouts = require('express-ejs-layouts')
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var app      = express();
var port     = process.env.PORT || 8001;
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 colors				= require('colors'); 
var constants			= require('./scripts/constants');
var config        = require(constants.paths.config + '/config');

// configuration ===============================================================
require('./scripts/database'); // load database management scripts

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

// 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.json()); // get information from html forms
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));

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

// set development environment configuration
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
  app.locals.pretty = true;		//render html output with proper formating
}

app.use(expressLayouts);

// required for passport
require('./scripts/session')(app);
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session

// routes ======================================================================
require('./routes/main')(app, passport);

// launch ======================================================================
app.listen(port);

var util = require('./scripts/util');
var appInfoServ = require('./services/appService');

var appInfo = appInfoServ.info();
console.log(colors.blue(util.formatString("\nApplication: %s ver %s:%s", appInfo.name, appInfo.version, appInfo.gitHash )));
console.log(colors.blue(util.formatString('   running at port %s', port)));