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backbone/node.js pushState enabled server
// Require libraries
var os = require("os");
var fs = require("fs");
var readline = require("readline");
var cluster = require("cluster");
var express = require("express");
var site = express();
// Var up, bro
var i, read;
var forks = [];
var prefix = "server ~ ";
// Master thread spawns new listeners
if (cluster.isMaster) {
function create() {
// Spawn a new worker for each available thread
for (i = 0; i < os.cpus().length; i++) {
forks.push(cluster.fork());
}
}
function destroy() {
// Destroy all original forks
forks.forEach(function(fork) {
fork.send({ cmd: "kill" });
});
forks = [];
}
var command;
var commands = {
"status": function() {
forks.forEach(function(fork) {
console.log("Worker", fork.process.pid, fork.online ? "online" : "offline");
});
},
// Destroy all forks and respawn new ones
"restart": function() {
destroy() && create();
},
// Destroy all forks and kill this master process
"stop": function() {
destroy();
process.exit(0);
}
};
// Spin up initial forks
create();
// Define prompt
read = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);
// Wait for data
read.on("line", function(line) {
command = line.trim()
// Detect if command exists
if (command in commands) {
commands[command]();
}
// Re-Show the prompt
read.setPrompt(prefix, prefix.length);
read.prompt();
})
read.on("close", function() {
destroy();
process.exit(0);
});
// Show prompt
read.setPrompt(prefix, prefix.length);
read.prompt();
return;
}
// Kill off the process
process.on("message", function(msg) {
if (msg.cmd && msg.cmd == "kill") {
process.exit();
}
});
// Serve static files
site.use("/assets", express.static("../client/assets"));
site.use("/lib", express.static("../client/lib"));
// API serving will happen here
// site.use("/api", ...);
// Ensure all routes go home, client side app..
site.get("*", function(req, res) {
fs.createReadStream("../client/index.html").pipe(res);
});
// Actually listen
site.listen(8000);
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Updated to work with node v0.10.6.

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What if I have more complicated routes? For example domain.com/foo/bar/alpha. Than, the index.html will be served correctly, but all static assets have wrong path. domain.com/foo/bar/main.css which of course doesn't exist.

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