app.js

// node won't set the module search path to anything 
// but 'node-modules'. I know...weird. app-module-path
// lets us add the root app path to the search path so we 
// don't need '../' all over our code.
require("app-module-path").addPath(__dirname);

// hello! I'm trying somethingo out

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 index = require("./routes/index");
var users = require("./routes/users");

var app = express();

// view engine setup
app.set("views", path.join(__dirname, "views"));
app.set("view engine", "jade");

// 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.use("/", index);
app.use("/users", users);

// 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;
app.listen(3000, function(){
    console.log("I'm listening! I'm writing it down!"); });