I created an application with
$ express -c stylus express_example
I can start my server with
$ npm start
but
$ node app.js
&
$ nodemon app.js
don't seem to work. I don't get any error messages though, terminal just goes to the next line. e.g.
$ node app.js
$
This is my bin/www file
#!/usr/bin/env node
var debug = require('debug')('my-application');
var app = require('../app');
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
debug('Express server listening on port ' + server.address().port);
});
and my app.js file
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('static-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var routes = 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');
app.use(favicon());
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
/// catch 404 and forwarding to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
/// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: err
});
});
}
// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: {}
});
});
module.exports = app;
The generated Express application has a package.json file which includes a start script to run node ./bin/www . This will start the Node.js application running. The Node.js web server will start and you can browse to http://localhost:3000 to see the running application.
You have in your package.json file a property where you can point out the entry point of your application. For example:
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./bin/www"
}
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