server.js

// set up ========================
var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();							// create our app w/ express
global.app = app;
var mongoose = require('mongoose'); 					// mongoose for mongodb
var morgan = require('morgan'); 			// log requests to the console (express4)
var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); 	// pull information from HTML POST (express4)
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var methodOverride = require('method-override'); // simulate DELETE and PUT (express4)
global.rekuire = require('rekuire');
// configuration =================

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/triviamanic'); 	// connect to mongoDB database on modulus.io

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); 				// set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
app.use(morgan('dev')); 										// log every request to the console
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended':'true'})); 			// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.json()); 									// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/vnd.api+json' })); // parse application/vnd.api+json as json
app.use(methodOverride());

// Set up passport
rekuire('passportConf');

// Load models
rekuire('server/models/modelLoader').loadModels(mongoose);

// Set up routes
rekuire('server/routes');

// listen (start app with node server.js) ======================================
app.listen(8080);
console.log("App listening on port 8080");