server.js

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var app = express();

require('./routes')(app);

// Points Express to a folder where you keep static files
// e.g. css or client side js files
app.use(express.static(path.normalize(__dirname) + '/public'))

// Tell express to use its built in error handler
app.use(express.errorHandler());

app.configure(function() {
	app.use(express.logger('dev'));
	app.use(express.bodyParser());
});

// These 3 lines tell express taht we are goin to be rendering html files
// held in the public directory which should be in teh sam dir as this file
app.set('views', path.normalize(__dirname) + '/public');
app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);

var port = Number(process.env.PORT || 8000);
app.listen(port);

console.log("Express server listening to port " + port);