5 - Node Directory Structure

app/routes.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// require express
+var express = require('express');
+
+// create our router object
+var router = express.Router();
+
+// export our router
+module.exports = router;
+
+// route for our homepage
+router.get('/', function(req, res) {
+  res.send('hello world again!');
+});
+
+// route for our about page
+router.get('/about', function(req, res) {
+  res.send('hello world i am the about page!');
+});
+
+router.get('/contact');
+router.post('/contact');

server.js

@@ -1,35 +1,16 @@
-// // import the http module
-// var http = require('http');
-
-// // handle sending requests and returning responses
-// function handleRequests(req, res) {
-//   // return string
-//   res.end('Hello world!');
-// }
-
-// // create the server
-// var server = http.createServer(handleRequests);
-
-// // start server and listen on port x
-// server.listen(8080, function() {
-//   console.log('Listening on port 8080');
-// });
-
-
-
-/////////////// EXPRESS //////////////////////
-
 
+// require our dependencies
 var express = require('express');
 var app = express();
 var port = 8080;
 
+// route our app
+var router = require('./app/routes');
+app.use('/', router);
+
+
 // start the server
 app.listen(port, function() {
   console.log('app started');
 });
 
-// route our app
-app.get('/', function(req, res) {
-  res.send('hello world again!');
-});