app.js

/**
 * @author Faiyaz Shaikh <www.shtakkar@gmail.com>
 * GitHub repo: https://github.com/yTakkar/React-Instagram-Clone-2.0
 */

// MAIN ENTRY OF OUR APP

// Initializes dotenv
require('dotenv').config()

// Require Dependencies
const
  express = require('express'),
  app = express(),
  {
    env: { PORT, SESSION_SECRET_LETTER }
  } = process,
  { rainbow } = require('handy-log'),
  favicon = require('serve-favicon'),
  { join } = require('path'),
  hbs = require('express-handlebars'),
  bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
  validator = require('express-validator'),
  session = require('client-sessions'),
  cookieParser = require('cookie-parser')

// Project Files
const { variables } = require('./config/Middlewares')
const AppRoutes = require('./app-routes')

// View engine
app.engine('hbs', hbs({
  extname: 'hbs'
}))
app.set('view engine', 'hbs')

// Middlewares
app.use(favicon(
  join(__dirname, '/dist/images/favicon/favicon.png')
))
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
  extended: false
}))
app.use(validator())
app.use(express.static(
  join(__dirname, '/dist')
))
app.use(session({
  cookieName: 'session',
  secret: SESSION_SECRET_LETTER,
  duration: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
  activeDuration: 5 * 60 * 1000
}))
app.use(cookieParser())

// Middleware for some local variables to be used in the template
app.use(variables)

// App routes
AppRoutes(app)

// Listening to PORT
app.listen(PORT, () =>
  rainbow('App running..')
)