First commit with base dependencies and file structure

server.js

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+//require dependencies
+const express = require('express'),
+    app = express(),
+    router = express.Router(),
+    port = process.env.PORT || 4200;
+
+
+//define a route, usually this would be a bunch of routes imported from another file
+router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
+    res.send('Welcome to the Ucharify API');
+});
+
+//add routes to express app
+// routes(app);
+
+//start Express server on defined port
+app.listen(port);
+
+//log to console to let us know it's working
+console.log('Ucharify API server started on: ' + port);