diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
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+var express = require('express');
+var http = require('http');
+var path = require('path');
+var favicon = require('static-favicon');
+var logger = require('morgan');
+var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+
+var routes = require('./routes');
+var users = require('./routes/user');
+
+var app = express();
+
+app.use(favicon());
+app.use(logger('dev'));
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
+app.use(cookieParser());
+app.use(app.router);
+
+app.get('/', routes.index);
+app.get('/users', users.list);
+
+/// catch 404 and forwarding to error handler
+app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+    var err = new Error('Not Found');
+    err.status = 404;
+    next(err);
+});
+
+/// error handlers
+
+// development error handler
+// will print stacktrace
+if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
+    app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+        res.render('error', {
+            message: err.message,
+            error: err
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+// production error handler
+// no stacktraces leaked to user
+app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
+    res.render('error', {
+        message: err.message,
+        error: {}
+    });
+});
+
+module.exports = app;
diff --git a/bin/www b/bin/www
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+var debug = require('debug')('my-application');
+var app = require('../app');
+
+app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
+
+var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
+  debug('Express server listening on port ' + server.address().port);
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "Lunch-o",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node ./bin/www"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "~3.4.8",
+    "static-favicon": "~1.0.0",
+    "morgan": "~1.0.0",
+    "body-parser": "~1.0.0",
+    "debug": "~0.7.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
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+/* GET home page. */
+exports.index = function(req, res){
+  res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });
+};
diff --git a/routes/user.js b/routes/user.js
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+++ b/routes/user.js
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+/* GET users listing. */
+exports.list = function(req, res){
+  res.send('respond with a resource');
+};