text: require('dotenv').config(); // loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env
  
  const express = require('express'); // ExperssJS Framework
  const app = express(); // Invoke express to variable for use in application
  
  const router = express.Router(); // Invoke the Express Router
  const apiRouter = require('./app/routes/router')(router); // Import the application end points/API
  app.use('/api', apiRouter); // Assign name to end points
  
  const port = process.env.PORT || 5000; // Set default port or assign a port in enviornment
  app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Server started on port ${port}`));