http_server.js

// Dependencies
var express = require('express');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var body_parser = require('body-parser');
var config = require('./config');
var path = require('path');
var Class = require('./modules/class')

// Initialize the server
var app = express();

// app.engine('ejs', engine);
// app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

// Middleware
app.use(body_parser.json());
app.use(body_parser.urlencoded({extended: true}));

// app.get('/course', function (req, res) {
// 	res.render('index2', {user: 'FOO'})
// 	})

// Start the server and get the database running
app.use(express.static(__dirname+"/public"));
app.use(express.static(__dirname+"/public/uploads"));

app.listen(config.port, function(error) {
	if (error) {
		console.log("Error Listening to the connection");
	}

	mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
	mongoose.connect(config.db_url, {useNewUrlParser: true});
	var db = mongoose.connection;
	db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, "MongoDB connection error"));
    
    db.once('open', () =>{
	    console.log("Connected to the Mongo Database");
	    console.log("Listening to the connections at %s:%s", config.base_url, config.port);
		require('./routes/routes')(app);
    })
});