This is the basic "static" server I use in most of my projects. Is using express, with 3 development stages and HTTP Basic Auth for staging. It supports pushState address when it cannot find an static file to match the request. It's supported by Heroku as well. If using with Heroku then make sure to create the NODE_ENV variable for the stage wan…

server.coffee

express = require "express"

app = express()

console.log app.settings.env

oneDay = 86400000
pushState = (req, res) ->
  newUrl = req.protocol + '://' + req.get('Host') + '/#' + req.url
  res.redirect newUrl


app.configure 'development', () ->
  app.use express.compress()
  app.use express.static __dirname + '/dist'
  app.use express.logger()

app.configure 'staging', () ->
  app.use(express.basicAuth('whateveruser', 'whateverpassword'))
  app.use express.compress()
  app.use express.static __dirname + '/dist'

app.configure 'production', () ->
  app.use express.compress()
  app.use express.static __dirname + '/dist', { maxAge: oneDay }

app.get '*', (req, res) ->
  newUrl = req.protocol + '://' + req.get('Host') + '/#' + req.url
  res.redirect newUrl

exports.startServer = (port, path, callback) ->
  p = process.env.PORT || port
  console.log "Starting server on port: #{p}, path /#{path}"
  app.listen p
  if callback?
    callback app

if process.env.PORT
  this.startServer(process.env.PORT, "dist")