// These are important and needed before anything else import 'zone.js/dist/zone-node'; import 'reflect-metadata'; import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core'; import { ngExpressEngine } from '@nguniversal/express-engine'; import * as express from 'express'; import { join } from 'path'; import { AppServerModule } from './src/main.server'; // Faster server renders w/ Prod mode (dev mode never needed) enableProdMode(); // Express server const app = express(); const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000; const DIST_FOLDER = join(process.cwd(), 'dist'); // * NOTE :: leave this as require() since this file is built Dynamically from webpack app.engine( 'html', ngExpressEngine({ bootstrap: AppServerModule, }) ); app.set('view engine', 'html'); app.set('views', join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser')); // Server static files from /browser app.get('*.*', express.static(join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser'))); // All regular routes use the Universal engine app.get('*', (req, res) => { res.render(join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser', 'index.html'), { req }); }); // Start up the Node server app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log(`Node server listening on http://localhost:${PORT}`); });