server.js

/**
  The MIT License
  Copyright (c) -2017 Max J. Tsai (mt8168@gmail.com)
**/
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser= require('body-parser');
const multer  = require('multer')
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;

const app = express();

/** static pages and js/css **/
app.use(express.static('public'));
app.use('/bootstrap', express.static('node_modules/bootstrap/dist'))

/** parse for form data **/
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
// and multipart
var upload = multer({ dest: 'uploads/' })

/** template engine **/
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

/** Database **/
var db;
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/hellomax', (err, database) => {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err); // well - it does not actuall check the collection exists
  } else {
    console.log(`database connected`);
    db = database;
    app.set('db', db);
  }
  app.listen(3001, () => {
    console.log('listening on 3001');
  })
})

/** Routes **/
// routing table -- cleaner
app.use(require('./routes'));

// sample -- simple Get implementation
//var helloMaxExample = require('./routes/helloMaxExample');
//app.use('/examples/helloMax', helloMaxExample);
//
// sample -- mongodb + template
//var membersExample = require('./routes/membersExample')
//app.use('/examples/members', membersExample)

/** Start Server **/
// app.listen(3000, function() {
//  console.log('listening on 3000')
// })