"node app.js" does not properly start server locally

[austntatious]

when running the app locally, the program hangs at the end of the app.js file, with
connect-to-mongo
as the last console.log, instead of throwing any errors

[kognate]

Are you able to connect to the mongo server on your local host?

[austntatious]

yes, the mongo connection completes okay, but from what I see, it seems like starting the app with node app.js may cause an issue, since the server.listen command is in the server.js file. so the app starts, but it doesn't ever load the web server or start listening for requests

[austntatious]

Oh I see, the package.json shows that npm start will run node server.js The README should be updated accordingly, since it is still instructing us to run node app.js

[jzhang300]

Good catch, I just updated the readme to say npm start instead.