app.js

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var express = require('express')
  , routes = require('./routes')
  , question = require('./routes/question')
  , http = require('http')
  , path = require('path');


var app = express();
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);

// all environments
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.cookieParser('your secret here'));
app.use(express.session({store: new RedisStore({
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port: 6380,
    prefix: 'sess'
}), secret: 'SEKR37'}));
app.use(app.router);
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

// development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
}


//Thank you page appears at top of custom routes because /thanks
//would be picked up as the questionID
app.get('/thanks', function (req, res) {
    res.render('thanks');
});
//handles requests for "/" and "/questionID"
app.get('/:questionID?',question.question);

//testing out a signedCookie
/*app.get('/counter', function(req, res) {
    var count = req.signedCookies.count || 0;
    count ++;
    res.cookie('count', count, {signed: true});
    res.send('Count: ' + count);
});*/


        http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});