// app/routes.js

 // grab the nerd model we just created
 var Nerd = require('./models/nerd');

 module.exports = function (app) {

     // server routes ===========================================================
     // handle things like api calls
     // authentication routes

     // sample api route
     app.get('/api/nerds', function (req, res) {
         // use mongoose to get all nerds in the database
         Nerd.find(function (err, nerds) {

             // if there is an error retrieving, send the error. 
             // nothing after res.send(err) will execute
             if (err)
                 res.send(err);

             res.json(nerds); // return all nerds in JSON format
         });
     });

     // route to handle creating goes here (app.post)
     // route to handle delete goes here (app.delete)

     // frontend routes =========================================================
     // route to handle all angular requests
     app.get('*', function (req, res) {
         res.sendfile('./public/views/index.html'); // load our public/index.html file
     });

 };