refactor(server): added moved express config logic into its own file

trying to make the main server.js file more lightweight.
also fixed index when ngroute is disabled

Author: DaftMonk

app/index.js

@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ Generator.prototype.appJs = function appJs() {
 };
 
 Generator.prototype.createIndex = function createIndex() {
+  this.indexFile = this.indexFile.replace(/'/g, "'");
   if (this.jade) {
     this.write(path.join(this.appPath, 'views', 'index.jade'), this.indexFile);
   } else {
@@ -437,6 +438,8 @@ Generator.prototype.serverFiles = function () {
   this.template('../../templates/express/server.js', 'server.js');
   this.template('../../templates/express/api.js', 'lib/controllers/api.js');
   this.template('../../templates/express/index.js', 'lib/controllers/index.js');
+  this.template('../../templates/express/config/express.js', 'lib/config/express.js');
+  this.template('../../templates/express/config/middlewares/nocache.js', 'lib/config/middlewares/nocache.js');
 };
 
 Generator.prototype.mongoFiles = function () {

templates/express/config/express.js

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var express = require('express'),
+    path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = function(app) {
+  var rootPath = path.normalize(__dirname + '/../..');
+  
+  app.configure('development', function(){
+    app.use(require('connect-livereload')());
+    app.use(express.static(path.join(rootPath, '.tmp')));
+    app.use(express.static(path.join(rootPath, 'app')));
+    app.use(express.errorHandler());
+    app.set('views', rootPath + '/app/views');
+  });
+
+  app.configure('production', function(){
+    app.use(express.favicon(path.join(rootPath, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
+    app.use(express.static(path.join(rootPath, 'public')));
+    app.set('views', rootPath + '/views');
+  });
+
+  app.configure(function(){<% if (!jade) { %>
+    app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
+    app.set('view engine', 'html');<% } %><% if (jade) { %>
+    app.set('view engine', 'jade');<% } %>
+    app.use(express.logger('dev'));
+    app.use(express.bodyParser());
+    app.use(express.methodOverride());
+
+    // Router needs to be last
+    app.use(app.router);
+  });
+};

templates/express/config/middlewares/nocache.js

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = function(req, res, next) {
+  res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate');
+  return next();
+};

templates/express/server.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 // Module dependencies.
-var express = require('express'),
-    path = require('path')<% if (mongo) { %>,
+var express = require('express')<% if (mongo) { %>,  
+    path = require('path'),
     fs = require('fs')<% } %>;
 
 var app = express();
@@ -21,45 +21,27 @@ require('./lib/db/dummydata');
 <% } %>
 
 // Express Configuration
-app.configure('development', function(){
-  app.use(require('connect-livereload')());
-  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '.tmp')));
-  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'app')));
-  app.use(express.errorHandler());
-  app.set('views', __dirname + '/app/views');
-});
-
-app.configure('production', function(){
-  app.use(express.favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
-  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
-  app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
-});
-
-app.configure(function(){<% if (!jade) { %>
-  app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
-  app.set('view engine', 'html');<% } %><% if (jade) { %>
-  app.set('view engine', 'jade');<% } %>
-	app.use(express.logger('dev'));
-	app.use(express.bodyParser());
-	app.use(express.methodOverride());
-
-  // Router needs to be last
-	app.use(app.router);
-});
+require('./lib/config/express')(app);
 
 // Controllers
 var api = require('./lib/controllers/api'),
-    controllers = require('./lib/controllers');
+    index = require('./lib/controllers');
+
+// Middlewares
+var noCache = require('./lib/config/middlewares/nocache');
 
 // Server Routes
 app.get('/api/awesomeThings', api.awesomeThings);
 
 // Angular Routes
-app.get('/partials/*', controllers.partials);
-app.get('/*', controllers.index);
+app.get('/partials/*', noCache, index.partials);
+app.get('/*', index.index);
 
 // Start server
 var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 app.listen(port, function () {
   console.log('Express server listening on port %d in %s mode', port, app.get('env'));
-});
+});
+
+// Expose app
+exports = module.exports = app;

templates/views/html/index.html

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <% if (ngRoute) {
       %><div class="container" ng-view></div><%
     } else {
-      %><div class="container" ng-include="'views/main'" ng-controller="MainCtrl"></div><%
+      %><div class="container" ng-include="'partials/main'" ng-controller="MainCtrl"></div><%
     } %>
 
     <!-- Google Analytics: change UA-XXXXX-X to be your site's ID -->

templates/views/jade/index.jade

@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ html.no-js
       <![endif]
 
     // Add your site or application content here
-    div(class="container" ng-view)
     <% if (ngRoute) { %>
     div(class="container" ng-view)<%
     } else { %>
-    div(class="container" ng-include="'views/main'" ng-controller="MainCtrl")<% } %>
+    div(class="container" ng-include="'partials/main'" ng-controller="MainCtrl")<% } %>
 
     // Google Analytics: change UA-XXXXX-X to be your site's ID.
     script.