server.js

const express = require('express'); // pulling in express
const server = express();// localizing express
const appRoutes = require('./routes/backend');// importing the routes variable from routes.

const bodyParser = require('body-parser');// pulling in the body-parser from the npm package install done. 

server.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false})); // parsing the html data from the request body into text.
//must happen before any of the middleware functions are accessed. So must be called before server.use(appRoutes).
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server.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // Setting the view engine to use pug.
server.set('views', 'views')// Telling the view engine where to find the views for the app. 
//must happen before any of the middleware functions are accessed. So must be called before server.use(appRoutes).
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server.use(appRoutes)// outsourced routes for the app. 


server.listen(5000);// setting up server on port 5000.