Handing off config variables to the frontend

client_config.js

define(function (require) {
  'use strict';
  var Cookies = require('cookies-js');
  var configJson = Cookies.get('config');

  if (configJson.slice(0, 2) === 'j:') {
    return JSON.parse(configJson.slice(2));
  }
});

server_config.js

var dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.load();

var config = {
  'debug': process.env.DEBUG,
  'logRoutes': process.env.LOGROUTES
};

module.exports = config;

server_index.js

/*
 * GET home page.
 */
'use strict';

var config = require('../config');

exports.index = function (req, res) {
  res.cookie('config', config);
  res.render('index', {
    title: 'In Character'
  });
};