Simple boilerplate for Express [native logging requires 'chalk']

express.simple.server.js

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

const chalk = require('chalk');
// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
const log = console.log;

const port = 8889;


app.use((req, res, next) => {
    let h = req.hostname + req.url;
    let m = req.method;
    log(
        chalk.red("REQUESET: ") +
        chalk.blue("for: ") +
        chalk.yellow(h) + " || " +
        chalk.blue("method: ") +
        chalk.yellow(m) + 
        " @" +
        chalk.red(Date(Date.now()))
    );
    next();
});
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/dist'));


app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});


app.listen(port, () => {
    log(chalk.red("App listening on port " + port + "\r\n"))
});