Created a base template

index.js

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+// import dependencies
+const express = require('express');
+const path = require('path');
+require("dotenv").config();
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+const session = require('express-session');
+
+app = express();
+
+// paths, ejs, and url setup
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({extended:false}));
+
+// database connection
+/*
+const url = process.env.CONNECTIONSTRING;
+mongoose.connect(url, {useNewUrlParser:true}) 
+const con = mongoose.connection
+*/
+
+//routes
+app.get('/',(req, res) => {
+    res.render('home');
+});
+
+// server start
+app.listen(8080);
+console.log('Server running at http://localhost:8080');