Express-autoload

Express autoload is a set of tools to configure an Express.js application. Create a config file, define the paths for your controllers, models and views and express-autoload will load your files, connect to the database, authenticate...

Requirements

• Node.js >= v0.6.2

Installation

• npm install express-autoload

Configuring

Create a config.js file and edit it to set your configuration properties such as database host, port, username, password, etc.

Using

var autoloadApp = require('express-autoload')
  , config = require('./config');

autoloadApp(config, function(err, app) {
    if(err) {
        console.log(err.stack || err);
        return;
    }
    
    app.server.listen(config.port, config.hostname, function() {
        console.log('Server started on port %s in %s mode',
                    app.server.address().port,
                    app.express.settings.env);
    });
});