dev base (kinda stable)

server.js

@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
-import DB     from './server/db.js';
-import server from './server/app.js';
-import config from './server/config.js';
+import DB from "./server/db.js";
+import createApp from "./server/app.js";
+import config from "./server/config.js";
+import { createServer as createViteServer } from "vite";
 
-DB.connect(config).then(()=>{
-	// Ensure that we have successfully connected to the database
-	// before launching server
-	const PORT = process.env.PORT || config.get('web_port') || 8000;
-	server.listen(PORT, ()=>{
-		const reset = '\x1b[0m'; // Reset to default style
-		const bright = '\x1b[1m'; // Bright (bold) style
-		const cyan = '\x1b[36m'; // Cyan color
-		const underline = '\x1b[4m'; // Underlined style
+const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
+
+async function start() {
+	let vite;
+
+	//==== Create Vite dev server only in development ====//
+	if (!isProd) {
+		vite = await createViteServer({
+			server: { middlewareMode: true },
+			appType: "custom",
+			logLevel: 'error',
+		});
+		
+	}
+
+	//==== Connect to the database ====//
+	await DB.connect(config).catch((err) => {
+		console.error("Database connection failed:", err);
+		process.exit(1);
+	});
+
+	//==== Create the Express app ====//
+	const app = await createApp(vite);
+
+	//==== Start listening ====//
+	const PORT = process.env.PORT || config.get("web_port") || 8000;
+	app.listen(PORT, () => {
+		const reset = "\x1b[0m"; // Reset to default style
+		const bright = "\x1b[1m"; // Bright (bold) style
+		const cyan = "\x1b[36m"; // Cyan color
+		const underline = "\x1b[4m"; // Underlined style
 
 		console.log(`\n\tserver started at: ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`);
 		console.log(`\tserver on port: ${PORT}`);
-		console.log(`\t${bright + cyan}Open in browser: ${reset}${underline + bright + cyan}http://localhost:${PORT}${reset}\n\n`);
-
+		console.log(
+			`\t${bright + cyan}Open in browser: ${reset}${underline + bright + cyan}http://localhost:${PORT}${reset}\n\n`,
+		);
 	});
-});
+}
+
+//==== Start the server ====//
+start();