Boilerplate for Express Application with HBS and Wax on

index.js

// 1. SETUP EXPRESS
const express = require('express');
const hbs = require('hbs');
const wax = require('wax-on');

// 1a. create the app
const app = express();

// 1b setup our view engine (aka template engine)
// tell Express that we are using hbs
app.set('view engine', 'hbs');

// 1c setup wax-on
wax.on(hbs.handlebars);

// 1d tell wax-on where to find the layout files
wax.setLayoutPath("./views/layouts");

// 1e use static files (i.e, images, css, js etc. -- that is, all content not generated
// by our routes)
app.use(express.static('public'));

// 2. CREATE ROUTES
app.get('/', function(req,res){
    res.send("Hello world");
})

// 3. START SERVER (No routers after you've started server)
app.listen(3000, function(){
    console.log("Server has started");
})