Basic Configuring of Applications¶

Summary¶

This example shows how to configure a mojit and the routing for your application.

Implementation Notes¶

The application.json file is used to specify the mojits that your application can use. The example application.json below specifies that the application use the mojit Simple.

[
  {
    "settings": [ "master" ],
    "specs": {
      "simple": {
        "type": "Simple"
      }
    }
  }
]

The routing configuration for Mojito applications is contained in app.js. In this example app.js, the Mojito server is told to call the index method in the controller when HTTP GET called on the root path.

var debug = require('debug')('app'),
    express = require('express'),
    libmojito = require('../../../'),
    app;

app = express();
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8666);
libmojito.extend(app);

app.get('/', libmojito.dispatch('simple.index'));

The index method is a canned method in the controller when you create a mojit. To learn how to create templates that get data from the controller, see Creating a Simple View with Handlebars.

Setting Up this Example¶

To set up and run simple_config:

1. Create your application.

   $ mojito create app simple_config

2. Change to the application directory.

3. Create your mojit.

   $ mojito create mojit Simple

4. To specify that your application use Simple, replace the code in application.json with the following:

   [
     {
       "settings": [ "master" ],
       "specs": {
         "simple": {
           "type": "Simple"
         }
       }
     }
   ]
   

5. Update your app.js with the following to use Mojito’s middleware, configure routing and the port, and have your application listen for requests:

   'use strict';
   
   var debug = require('debug')('app'),
       express = require('express'),
       libmojito = require('mojito'),
       app;
   
       app = express();
       app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8666);
       libmojito.extend(app);
   
       app.use(libmojito.middleware());
   
       app.get('/status', function (req, res) {
           res.send('200 OK');
       });
   
       app.get('/', libmojito.dispatch('simple.index'));
   
       app.listen(app.get('port'), function () {
           debug('Server listening on port ' + app.get('port') + ' ' +
           'in ' + app.get('env') + ' mode');
       });
       module.exports = app;
   

6. Confirm that your package.json has the correct dependencies as shown below. If not, update package.json.

   "dependencies": {
       "debug": "*",
        "mojito": "~0.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
       "mojito-cli": ">= 0.2.0"
   },
   

7. From the application directory, install the application dependencies:

   $ npm install

8. From the application directory, run the server.

   $ node app.js

9. To view your application, go to the URL:

   http://localhost:8666

Source Code¶

• Simple Config Application