Creating Server:

created structure of the server side adding folders and app.js

server/app.js

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+
+
+//require framework and middleware dependencies
+const express = require('express');
+const path = require('path');
+const logger = require('morgan');
+const methodOverride = require('method-override');
+const multer  = require('multer');
+
+const ejsc = require('ejsc-views');
+
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+
+
+//init framework
+const app = express();
+
+
+
+app.use(logger('dev'));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));    // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+app.use(express.json({limit: '4MB'}));    // parse application/json
+app.use(multer().none());   //parse multipart/form-data
+
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'), {index: "index.html"}));
+
+
+app.set('view engine', 'html');
+
+ejsc.compile(views_dir = "views", output_dir = "public/js", details = false);
+
+//co
+
+// TODO - controllers
+
+
+// TODO - add routes here
+
+//default fallback handlers
+// catch 404 and forward to error handler
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+    const err = new Error('Not Found');
+    err.status = 404;
+    next(err);
+  });
+
+    app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+      res.status(err.status || 500);
+      res.json({
+        message: err.message,
+        error: err
+      });
+    });
+
+
+//start server
+app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8888);
+
+var server = require('http').createServer(app);
+
+server.on('listening', function() {
+  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + server.address().port);
+});
+
+// TODO websocket server
+
+server.listen(app.get('port'));
+
+
+

server/ejs-compile.js

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+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const ejs = require('ejs');
+const glob = require('glob-fs')({ gitignore: true });
+
+function compile(view) {
+
+    //let v = path.basename(view, '.ejs');
+
+    let v = view.replace(/\//g,"_").replace(/\.ejs$/,"");
+
+    console.log(v);
+
+    let template = new String(fs.readFileSync(view));
+    let f = ejs.compile(template, {client:true});
+
+    let f_str = f.toString();
+
+    f_str = f_str.replace("function anonymous(","ejs."+v+" = function(").replace("function(locals, escapeFn, include, rethrow", "function(locals, escapeFn, include = ejs.views_include(locals), rethrow")
+
+    return f_str;
+
+}
+
+//let compiled = fs.readdirSync("views").filter(f=>f.endsWith(".ejs")).map(f=>`views/${f}`).map(compile).join("\n\n");
+
+let compiled = glob.readdirSync("views/**/*.ejs").map(compile).join("\n\n");
+
+let output = `//EJS Compiled Views - This file was automatically generated on ${new Date()}
+ejs.views_include = function(locals) {
+    console.log("views_include_setup",locals);
+    return function(path, d) {
+        console.log("ejs.views_include",path,d);
+        return ejs["views_"+path.replace(/\\\//g,"_")]({...d,...locals}, null, ejs.views_include(locals));
+    }
+};
+${compiled}`
+
+fs.writeFile("public/js/views.js", output);
+