'use strict';
  
  var loopback = require('loopback');
  var boot = require('loopback-boot');
  var path = require('path');
  var app = module.exports = loopback();
  
  app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
  app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
  
  app.start = function() {
    // start the web server
    return app.listen(function() {
      app.emit('started');
      var baseUrl = app.get('url').replace(/\/$/, '');
      console.log('Web server listening at: %s', baseUrl);
      if (app.get('loopback-component-explorer')) {
        var explorerPath = app.get('loopback-component-explorer').mountPath;
        console.log('Browse your REST API at %s%s', baseUrl, explorerPath);
      }
    });
  };
  
  // Bootstrap the application, configure models, datasources and middleware.
  // Sub-apps like REST API are mounted via boot scripts.
  boot(app, __dirname, function(err) {
    if (err) throw err;
  
    // start the server if `$ node server.js`
    if (require.main === module)
      app.start();
  });