server.js

const express = require('express');
const app = express(); 						// create our app w/ express				// mongoose for mongodb
const port = process.env.PORT || 8080; 				// set the port		// load the database config
const morgan = require('morgan');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const methodOverride = require('method-override');

app.use(express.static('./dist')); 		// set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
app.use(morgan('dev')); // log every request to the console
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended': 'true'})); // parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json({type: 'application/vnd.api+json'})); // parse application/vnd.api+json as json
app.use(methodOverride('X-HTTP-Method-Override')); // override with the X-HTTP-Method-Override header in the request

 // application -------------------------------------------------------------
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
    // load the single view file (angular will handle the page changes on the front-end)
});

// listen (start app with node server.js) ======================================
app.listen(port);

console.log('App listening on port ' + port);