configured to host the application on cloud

Author: Moiz Kachwala

gulpfile.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ gulp.task("clientResources", () => {
         .pipe(gulp.dest("dist/client"));
 });
 
+/**
+ * Copy bin directory for www
+ */
+gulp.task("serverResources", () => {
+    return gulp.src(["server/src/bin/**"])
+        .pipe(gulp.dest("dist/server/bin"));
+});
+
 /**
  * Copy all required libraries into build directory.
  */
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ gulp.task("installTypings",function(){
  * Start the express server with nodemon
  */
 gulp.task('start', function () {
-    nodemon({ script: 'dist/server/server.js'
+    nodemon({ script: 'dist/server/bin/www'
         , ext: 'html js'
         , ignore: ['ignored.js']
         , tasks: ['tslint'] })
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ gulp.task('start', function () {
  */
 
 gulp.task("build", function (callback) {
-    runSequence('clean', 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources', 'libs', callback);
+    runSequence('clean', 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources','serverResources', 'libs', callback);
 });
 
 /**
@@ -150,11 +158,9 @@ gulp.task('watch', function () {
  */
 
 gulp.task("build", function (callback) {
-    runSequence('clean', 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources', 'libs', callback);
+    runSequence('clean', 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources','serverResources', 'libs', callback);
 });
 
-
 gulp.task('default', function() {
-    runSequence( 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources', 'libs','watch','start');
-
+    runSequence( 'build:server', 'build:client', 'clientResources','serverResources', 'libs','watch','start');
 });

package.json

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.3",
-    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",
+    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.11",
     "systemjs": "0.19.38",
     "zone.js": "^0.6.17",
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-nodemon": "^2.1.0",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.6.0",
-    "gulp-tslint": "^6.1.1",
+    "gulp-tslint": "^4.3.3",
     "gulp-typescript": "^2.13.6",
     "gulp-typings": "^2.0.0",
     "method-override": "^2.3.6",

server/src/bin/www

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var app = require('../server').app;
+var http = require('http');
+
+var server = http.createServer(app);
+
+server.listen(app.get('port'), function(){
+    var host = server.address().address;
+    var port = server.address().port;
+    console.log('This express angular app is listening on port:' + port);
+});

server/src/server.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ import bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 
 import path = require('path');
 var port: number = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+var env:string = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'developement';
+
 var app = express();
 
+app.set('port', port);
+
 app.use('/app', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/app')));
 app.use('/libs', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/libs')));
 
@@ -24,8 +28,31 @@ var renderIndex = (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
 
 app.get('/*', renderIndex);
 
-var server = app.listen(port, function() {
-    var host = server.address().address;
-    var port = server.address().port;
-    console.log('This express app is listening on port:' + port);
-}); 
+if(env === 'developement'){
+    app.use(function(err, req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
+        res.status(err.status || 500);
+        res.json({
+            error: err,
+            message: err.message
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+
+// catch 404 and forward to error handler
+app.use(function(req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next) {
+    let err = new Error("Not Found");
+    next(err);
+});
+
+// production error handler
+// no stacktrace leaked to user
+app.use(function(err: any, req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
+    res.status(err.status || 500);
+    res.json({
+        error: {},
+        message: err.message
+    });
+});
+
+export { app }