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+import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import express from 'express';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+import cors from 'cors';
+
+// initialize app
+const app = express();
+dotenv.config();
+
+// connect to db --->        if you want to connect to cloud server: edit "CONNECTION_URL" in -> .env file
+const DB_NAME = 'testDB'; // if you want to use local server: edit this "DB_NAME" (and remove the "CONNECTION_URL" from -> .env file)
+const CONNECTION_URL = process.env.CONNECTION_URL || `mongodb://localhost:27017/${DB_NAME}`;
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080; // 8080 === development port
+const DEPRECATED_FIX = { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }; // change this with (possible) warnings on first connection
+
+mongoose
+  .connect(CONNECTION_URL, DEPRECATED_FIX)
+  .then(() => console.log('✅ MongoDB connected'))
+  .then(() => app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`✅ Listening on port: ${PORT}`)))
+  .catch((error) => console.log(`❌ ${error}`));
+
+mongoose.connection.on('error', (err) => console.log(`❌ MongoDB: ${err}`));
+
+// middlewares
+app.use(express.json()); // body parser
+app.use(cors()); // enables requests
+
+// routes
+app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World - Express.js'));
+// app.use('/', IMPORTED_ROUTES);