app.js

var TAG = 'app';

/*
 * This snippet allows the app to be runned from
 * another working directory without concerns.
 */
try {
  process.chdir(__dirname);
} catch (e) {
  console.error(TAG, 'Could not set cwd to Tournamenter path. Might cause problems.')
}

/**
 * Module dependencies
 */

var async = require('async');

/**
 * Global App Object
 */
var app = {
  config: require('./config/config'),
};

/**
 * Define Globals
 */
global.app = app;

global._ = require('lodash');
global.async = require('async');
global.chalk = require('chalk');
global._TAG = function (tag, color = 'cyan'){
  return chalk[color](`[${tag}]`);
}


/*
 * Bootstrap Process
 */
var configSetps = [
  // Setup Logging
  // require('./config/log'),

  // Bootstrap Helpers
  require('./config/helpers'),

  // Load app modules
  require('./config/modules-load'),

  // Bootstrap Models and connect to DB
  require('./config/models'),

  // Bootstrap Controllers
  require('./config/controllers'),

  // Bootstrap application settings
  require('./config/express'),

  // Setup view engine (EJS)
  require('./config/view-engine'),

  // Setup express veiw Locals (global variables)
  require('./config/view-locals'),

  // Build Assets
  require('./config/build'),

  // Start static serving on /public folder
  require('./config/express-assets'),

  // Bootstrap API routes
  require('./config/routes-app'),

  // Initialize Modules
  require('./config/modules-initialize'),

  // Bootstrap routes
  require('./config/routes'),

  // Start Server
  require('./config/lift'),
];

module.exports = function lift(cb){
  async.eachSeries(configSetps, function (config, next){
    // Call configuration step with the app, and the callback
    config(app, next);
  }, function (err){
    if(err){
      console.error(_TAG(TAG), 'Failed to initialize Server: %s', err);

      if(!cb) throw err;
      cb && cb(err)
    }

    console.log(_TAG(TAG, 'green'), 'Lifted. Port:', app.config.port, '['+app.config.env+']');
    cb && cb();
  });
}

// Autolift if it's the root module
if(require.main === module)
  module.exports();