text: // set up ======================================================================
  var express = require('express');
  var app = express(); 						// create our app w/ express
  var mongoose = require('mongoose'); 				// mongoose for mongodb
  var port = process.env.PORT || 8080; 				// set the port
  var database = require('./config/database'); 			// load the database config
  var morgan = require('morgan');
  var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
  var methodOverride = require('method-override');
  
  // configuration ===============================================================
  mongoose.connect(process.env.CUSTOMCONNSTR_MyConnString || database.localUrl); 	// Connect to local MongoDB instance. A remoteUrl is also available (modulus.io)
  
  app.use(express.static('./public')); 		// set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
  app.use(morgan('dev')); // log every request to the console
  app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended': 'true'})); // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
  app.use(bodyParser.json()); // parse application/json
  app.use(bodyParser.json({type: 'application/vnd.api+json'})); // parse application/vnd.api+json as json
  app.use(methodOverride('X-HTTP-Method-Override')); // override with the X-HTTP-Method-Override header in the request
  
  
  // routes ======================================================================
  require('./app/routes.js')(app);
  
  // listen (start app with node server.js) ======================================
  app.listen(port);
  console.log("App listening on port " + port);
  