server.js

//create http server
const dotenv = require('dotenv')
const express = require('express');
const morgan = require('morgan')
const bodyparser = require('body-parser')
const path = require('path'); //inbuild in node application

const connectDB = require('./server/database/connection');

const app = express();

dotenv.config({path:'config.env'})
const PORT = process.env.PORT||8080

//log request morgan allow log request
app.use(morgan('tiny'));

//mongoDB connection
connectDB();


//parse request to body parser module
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({extended:true}))

//set view engine
app.set("view engine","ejs")
// app.set("views",path.resolve(__dirname,"views/ejs"))

//load assets
app.use('/css',express.static(path.resolve(__dirname,"assets/css")))
app.use('/img',express.static(path.resolve(__dirname,"assets/img")))
app.use('/js',express.static(path.resolve(__dirname,"assets/js")))



//load routers
app.use('/',require('./server/routes/router'))


app.listen(PORT, ()=> { console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${PORT}`)});
//npm start will execute the app