server.js

// modified original source from https://www.npmjs.com/package/reload#using-reload-in-express

var express = require('express')
var http = require('http')
var path = require('path')
var reload = require('reload')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var logger = require('morgan')

var app = express()

var appDir = path.join(__dirname, 'app')

app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000)
app.use(logger('dev'))
app.use(bodyParser.json()) // Parses json, multi-part (file), url-encoded

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.sendFile(path.join(appDir, 'index.html'))
})

app.use(express.static(appDir));

var server = http.createServer(app)

// Reload code here
reload(app).then(function (reloadReturned) {
  // Reload started, start web server
  server.listen(app.get('port'), function () {
    console.log('Web server listening on port ' + app.get('port'))
  })
}).catch(function (err) {
  console.error('Reload could not start, could not start server app', err)
})