Updated to Express 4

Author: Manjesh V

package.json

@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node ./server"
   },
-  "dependencies" : {
-    "express" : "~3.4.4", 			
-    "ejs" : "~0.8.5",
-    "passport" : "~0.1.17", 		
-    "passport-local" : "~0.1.6", 	
-    "passport-facebook" : "~1.0.2", 
-    "passport-twitter" : "~1.0.2", 	
-    "passport-google-oauth" : "~0.1.5",
-    "connect-flash" : "~0.1.1", 	
-    "bcrypt-nodejs" : "latest" ,
-	"mysql" : "*"	
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bcrypt-nodejs": "0.0.3",
+    "body-parser": "^1.13.1",
+    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
+    "cookie-parser": "^1.3.5",
+    "ejs": "^2.3.2",
+    "express": "^4.13.0",
+    "express-session": "^1.11.3",
+    "morgan": "^1.6.0",
+    "mysql": "^2.7.0",
+    "passport": "^0.2.2",
+    "passport-local": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }

server.js

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // set up ======================================================================
 // get all the tools we need
 var express  = require('express');
+var session  = require('express-session');
+var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+var morgan = require('morgan');
 var app      = express();
 var port     = process.env.PORT || 8080;
 
@@ -14,22 +18,28 @@ var flash    = require('connect-flash');
 
 require('./config/passport')(passport); // pass passport for configuration
 
-app.configure(function() {
 
-	// set up our express application
-	app.use(express.logger('dev')); // log every request to the console
-	app.use(express.cookieParser()); // read cookies (needed for auth)
-	app.use(express.bodyParser()); // get information from html forms
 
-	app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // set up ejs for templating
+// set up our express application
+app.use(morgan('dev')); // log every request to the console
+app.use(cookieParser()); // read cookies (needed for auth)
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
+	extended: true
+}));
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-	// required for passport
-	app.use(express.session({ secret: 'vidyapathaisalwaysrunning' } )); // session secret
-	app.use(passport.initialize());
-	app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
-	app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // set up ejs for templating
+
+// required for passport
+app.use(session({
+	secret: 'vidyapathaisalwaysrunning',
+	resave: true,
+	saveUninitialized: true
+ } )); // session secret
+app.use(passport.initialize());
+app.use(passport.session()); // persistent login sessions
+app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session
 
-});
 
 // routes ======================================================================
 require('./app/routes.js')(app, passport); // load our routes and pass in our app and fully configured passport