app.js

var ejs = require("ejs"),
  partials = require("express-partials"),
  express = require("express"),
  app = express();

var routes = require("./routes/index.js");

app.configure(function () {
  app.use(partials());
  app.engine("html", require("ejs").renderFile); //renders .ejs as html

  app.set("views", __dirname + "/views");
  app.use(express.static(__dirname + "/public"));

  app.use(express.bodyParser()); //deals with incoming request objects
  app.use(express.methodOverride());

  /**** Turn on some debugging tools ****/
  app.use(express.logger()); // sends messages into the terminal
  app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true })); //dumpExceptions - directs exceptions to stderr - showStack - generate HTML for an exception å
});

app.get("/", routes.main);
app.post("/check", routes.check);
app.get("*", function (req, res) {
  res.render("404.html");
});

var port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port, function () {
  console.log("Listening on " + port);
});