Routing tools for webapp (like Backbone)

.htaccess

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index
    RewriteRule (.*) index.html [L]
</ifModule>

helpers.js

define([
  'jquery',
], function($)
{
  var Helpers = {};

  Helpers.preventClick = function(appRouter)
  {
    $(document).on("click", "a[href^='/']", function(event) 
    {
      var href, passThrough, url, rel;
      href = $(event.currentTarget).attr('href');
      rel = $(event.currentTarget).attr('rel');
      if (
        (rel !== "external") &&
        !event.altKey &&
        !event.ctrlKey && 
        !event.metaKey &&
        !event.shiftKey) 
      {
        event.preventDefault();
        url = href.replace(/^\//, '').replace('\#\!\/', '');
        appRouter.navigate(url, {
          trigger: true
        });
        return false;
      }
    });
  }

  return Helpers;

});

nodeApp.js

var express = require('express'),
    app = express();
 
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/'));
 
app.get(/^(.*)$/, function(req, res) {
    res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});
 
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 8080);