Continued work on project infrastructure; added sequelize for database, added more layout in the views

index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@ const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
 
+// grab app and node.js process data
+const pjson = require('./package.json');
+const { versions } = require('node:process');
+
+// register app and node.js versions with views;
+app.locals.app_version = pjson.version;
+app.locals.node_version = versions.node;
+
+// initialize database
+const sequelize = require('./src/models');
+sequelize.sync({}).then(function(){
+  console.log('database has been synced');
+}).catch(function(){
+  console.log('unable to sync database');
+});
+
+// enable sessions
+const session = require("express-session");
+app.use(session({ resave: true, secret: "123456", saveUninitialized: true }));
+
 // enable the Twig template engine
 app.set('view engine', 'twig');