h1. skeleton files required to start a nodejs client app

that accesses one of my APIs.


top-level directory
-------------------
js/
modules/
node_modules/
package.json
root/
views/


node_modules/
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the command @npm install@ will read the package.json file, create this directory, and place the downloaded the packages listed in the json file at this location.


modules/
-----------
date.format.js - i manually downloaded and placed this module in this directory. i found it on github.


js/
---
dispatch.js  
errors.js  
pageglobals.js  
search.js  
usercookies.js


root/
-----
css/
 - normalize.css  
 - veery.css


views/
------
error.hbs
searchform.hbs - (simple page to display)
layouts/
 - main.hbs
partials/
 - header.hbs
 - footer.hbs



br. package.json

code.
{
  "name" : "Veery-Client-NodeJS",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "dependencies" : {
    "express"            : "4.0.0",
    "express-handlebars" : "1.1.0",
    "body-parser"        : "1.9.2",
    "html-entities"      : "1.1.1",
    "querystring"        : "0.2.0",
    "cookie-parser"      : "1.3.3"
  }
}
code..


br. dispatch.js

code.
var express        = require('express'),
    bodyParser     = require('body-parser'),
    exphbs         = require('express-handlebars'),
    path           = require('path'),
    cookie_parser  = require('cookie-parser'),
    search         = require('./search'),
    errors         = require('./errors'),

app = express();

app.engine('hbs', exphbs({
    extname:'hbs',
    layoutsDir:     path.join(__dirname, '../views/layouts'),
    defaultLayout:  path.join(__dirname, '../views/layouts/main.hbs'),
    partialsDir:    path.join(__dirname, '../views/partials'),
}));
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '../views'));
app.set('view engine', 'hbs');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded

app.use(cookie_parser());

app.get('/searchform', search.form);

app.use(errors.error404);

app.listen(3001);
code..