nojaast
nojaast = NOde.js Just Another Application Server Template
Just barebones templating for REST/HTTP APIs, serving client side content, etc.
TODO - include API/routes documentation automatic generation?
Usage
Run npm install after cloning repo then...
node server.js [-a hostname] [-p port] [-v] or npm start
(Rerun npm install whenever there are updates that require new dependencies to be pulled in)
-v for verbose, if hostname not provided, it may default to localhost. For running on an actual server with FQDN, you may have to use the -a flag for it to bind correctly to the host. Also check if any existing server instances are running (on current/same host) so as to start new instance on a non-conflicting port.
Once server started, point browser to http://host[:port] to get the home page. Port is optional if running on default port 80.
To terminate server, just invoke Ctrl+C or equivalent interrupt signal, or kill the process.
If starting server with npm start, it starts with defaults (localhost binding, port 8080) and with verbose mode on, unless reconfigured in package.json.
server does not log to file specifically, logging goes to stdout and stderr.