Implementation of a webserver using Express (with Nunjucks templating) in Node.js for the ENGO500 repository. This is a very basic webserver, providing simple templating using Nunjucks templating. No database connectivity has been implemented yet, but ideally database access will be added in the future.
First and foremost, clone the repository and change directories into it:
$ git clone https://github.com/ThatGeoGuy/ENGO500-Webserver.git
$ cd ENGO500-Webserver/
To use this server, you need Node.js version 0.10 or newer installed. You should be able to re-produce or install the remaining dependencies locally using npm install. To start the server, just run:
node server.js
in a new terminal window or pane. The server will then run on port 8000, so visit localhost:8000 to see the site rendered.
Files should be divided as follows:
- Templates: structured as .html and placed in the views/ folder.
- Static files: put in their respective folders in the public/ folder. For example, stylesheets can be found in public/css/. Keep in mind that these would be called by pages rendered on the server without the public/ prefix. E.g.
<link type='stylesheet' href='/css/demo.css' />
For reference on static files, there are several demo files added to this project.
- Developers of Node.js
- Developers of Express.js
- Developers of Nunjucks
- Developers of Bootstrap
- Developers of jQuery