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Created April 24, 2011 02:24
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basic Express starter app in CoffeeScript
express = require 'express'
app = module.exports = express.createServer()
app.configure ->
app.set 'views', __dirname + '/views'
app.set 'view engine', 'jade'
app.use express.bodyParser()
app.use express.methodOverride()
app.use app.router
app.use express.static __dirname + '/public'
app.configure 'development', ->
app.use express.logger()
app.use express.errorHandler {dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true}
app.configure 'production', ->
app.use express.errorHandler()
app.get '/', (req, res) ->
res.render 'index', {title: 'Express'}
if not module.parent
app.listen 3000
console.log "Express server listening on port %d", app.address().port
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