Merge pull request #15 from gbarosio/toasty

updating npm packages to their latest version whereas available

package.json

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
   "author": "Chris Sevilleja <scotch.io>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "express": "~4.0.0",
-    "morgan": "~1.0.0",
-    "mongoose" : "~4.6.8",
-    "body-parser": "~1.0.1"
+    "express": "~4.16.1",
+    "morgan": "~1.9.0",
+    "mongoose" : "~4.11.14",
+    "body-parser": "~1.18.2"
   }
 }

server.js

@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@ app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 var port     = process.env.PORT || 8080; // set our port
 
+// DATABASE SETUP
 var mongoose   = require('mongoose');
 mongoose.connect('mongodb://node:node@novus.modulusmongo.net:27017/Iganiq8o'); // connect to our database
+
+// Handle the connection event
+var db = mongoose.connection;
+db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
+
+db.once('open', function() {
+  console.log("DB connection alive");
+});
+
+// Bear models lives here
 var Bear     = require('./app/models/bear');
 
 // ROUTES FOR OUR API