I'm trying to get started with the MEAN stack. And I'm following this tutorial: link
I have made it until the Test Our Server section. Here
// modules =================================================
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var mongoose= require('mongoose');
// configuration ===========================================
// config files
var db = require('./config/db');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080; // set our port
mongoose.connect(db.url); // connect to our mongoDB database (uncomment after you enter in your own credentials in config/db.js)
app.configure(function() {
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); // set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
app.use(express.logger('dev')); // log every request to the console
app.use(express.bodyParser()); // have the ability to pull information from html in POST
app.use(express.methodOverride()); // have the ability to simulate DELETE and PUT
});
// routes ==================================================
require('./app/routes')(app); // configure our routes
// start app ===============================================
app.listen(port); // startup our app at http://localhost:8080
console.log('Magic happens on port ' + port); // shoutout to the user
exports = module.exports = app; // expose app
When I run
nodemon server.js
I get this error
app.configure(function() {
^
TypeError: Object function (req, res, next) {
app.handle(req, res, next);
} has no method 'configure'
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Yuksel\Desktop\node\test\server.js:14:5)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:902:3
5 Mar 17:27:20 - [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before startin
g...
It simply says app has no method configure(I guess). But when I delete the configure part and run it again, it works.(This mean app has .listen method, so it is an express object.)
I have tried with both node and nodemon. And I couldn't figure it out. Thank you for your time.
Tom in his blog post new-features-node-express-4 provides examples of how to convert from using app.configure in express version 3.x to removing it in express version 4.0.
For convenience I added the code example below.
Version 3.x
// all environments
app.configure(function(){
app.set('title', 'Application Title');
})
// development only
app.configure('development', function(){
app.set('mongodb_uri', 'mongo://localhost/dev');
})
// production only
app.configure('production', function(){
app.set('mongodb_uri', 'mongo://localhost/prod');
})
Version 4.0
// all environments
app.set('title', 'Application Title');
// development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
app.set('mongodb_uri', 'mongo://localhost/dev');
}
// production only
if ('production' == app.get('env')) {
app.set('mongodb_uri', 'mongo://localhost/prod');
}