Express server config for backbone SPAs with pushState set to true. (http://stackoverflow.com/a/18553854/1172652)

web.js

var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

// Read all static files from directory
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/../app/'));

// Default HTML file for any requests
app.use(function(req,res){
  var contents = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../app/index.html');
  res.send(contents.toString());
});

app.listen(3000);