Mock server for local development

routes.coffee

#
# Use a fixture stub of JSON to mock a headline API to respond to GET /headline
#
fs = require 'fs'
express = require 'express'
root = require('path').normalize "#{__dirname}/.."
pub = "#{root}/app/public"
headline = JSON.parse fs.readFileSync "#{root}/app/fixtures/headline-api.json", 'utf8'

module.exports = routes = express()

# ---

routes.get '/headline', (req, res) ->
  res.send headline

server.coffee

#
# ## Server
#
# ###### Mock API endpoints and serve static assets in `app/public`.
#
# ---
#
# - Define custom routes with `routesPath` for API endpoints.
# - Mock edge-case result sets for fast, offline integration tests.
#
fs = require 'fs'
express = require 'express'
root = require('path').normalize "#{__dirname}/.."
routesPath = "routes.coffee"
port = process.env.PORT || 8080

app = express()
app.use app.router
app.use express.static pub
app.use express.bodyParser()

# Use any custom routes if they're defined.
app.use require(routesPath) if fs.existsSync routesPath

# Allow the integration test runner to run at a different port to avoid collision with `make server` on `8080`.
app.listen port