server.js

ROOT = __dirname + '/public/js/';
LIB = __dirname + '/lib/';

// setup application
var express = require('express'), sys = require('sys'), fs = require('fs'), redis = require('redis'), io =
  require('socket.io'), Sync = require('backbone-redis'), app = module.exports = express.createServer();

// init browserify bundle
var browserify = require('browserify');
var browserifyBundle = browserify({
  root: ROOT,
  ignore: [
    '../../lib/backbone-store-sync-override', 'socket.io', 'templates'
  ],
  require: [
    'jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'ejs', './public/js/app', './public/js/clientonly'
  ]
  //,filter: require('uglify-js')
});

// setup fileify
// bundle all our templates, and rebundle automatically if one of them has
// changed
var fileify = require('fileify'), fileified = fileify.register('templates', __dirname + '/public/js/templates', {
  extension: '.ejs',
  removeExtension: true,
  watch: false
// true TODO: not working yet because of osx's limited file watching
// capabilities
});
browserifyBundle.use(fileified);

// rpc
var rpc = require('jsonrpc2');
var services = require(LIB + 'services');

// session store
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);

// Configuration
app.configure(function () {
  app.use(express.logger());
  app.use(express.bodyParser());
  app.use(express.cookieParser());
  app.use(express.methodOverride());
  app.use(express.session({
    secret: 'bladi',
    store: new RedisStore 
  }));
  // add compression to response output
  app.use(require('connect-gzip').gzip());
  // and serve static files straight away
  app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public', {
    maxAge: 31536000000 // one year
  }));
  // use browserify bundle with its companions
  app.use(browserifyBundle);
  // inject rpc handler
  var server = new rpc.Server(app, '/rpc');
  server.exposeModules(services, services);
  // put the main router last
  app.use(app.router);
});
// specific to development
app.configure('development', function () {
  app.use(express.errorHandler({
    dumpExceptions: true,
    showStack: true
  }));
});
// specific to production
app.configure('production', function () {
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
});

// Configure Redis client
var redisOptions = {
  maxReconnectionAttempts: 10,
  parser: 'javascript',
  return_buffer: false
};
redisClient = redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', redisOptions);
var pub = redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', redisOptions);
var sub = redis.createClient(6379, '127.0.0.1', redisOptions);
var conn = io.listen(app);
Sync.config({
  io: conn,
  database: redisClient,
  publish: pub,
  subscribe: sub
});

// start listening
if (!module.parent) {
  app.listen(80);
  console.log("Express server listening on port %d", app.address().port);
}

/**
 * Routing
 */

// set global templates
templates = fileify.files;
var ejs = require('ejs');

// everything else maps onto backbone routers
window = document = navigator = null;
app.all('*', function (req, res, next) {

  // return res.end('OK');
  // setup our modified Backbone
  var Backbone = require(ROOT + 'backbone-modified');
  // modify the Backbone sync method to use redis
  Backbone.sync = require(LIB + 'redis-store-sync.js');
  // setup our window object for jquery rendering
  if (!window) {
    var jsdom = require("jsdom"), markup = fs.readFileSync('./public/layout.html'), html5 = require('html5');
    // override Store
    // Store = require(LIB + 'dirty-store');
    // setup document
    document = jsdom.jsdom(markup, null, {
      FetchExternalResources: false
    });
    // and it's window
    window = document.createWindow(null, null, {
      parser: html5
    });
    // set more stuff that needs to be found in the global scope
    navigator = window.navigator;
    // set all environment vars necessary
    window.location.pathname = req.url;
    window.location.search = '';
    window.location.hash = '';

    // load up our app
    app = require(ROOT + "app");

    // and run
    app({
      silent: true
    });
  }

  ONSERVER = true;
  ONCLIENT = !ONSERVER;

  // global func to output views html
  sendFullHtmlToClient = function () {
    var html = document.innerHTML;
    res.end(html);
    return;
  }

  // load url fragment directly
  var matched = Backbone.history.loadUrl(req.url.substr(1));
  if (!matched) next();//res.end('404 Not Found');

});