use middleware.json

example-2.0/server/config.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "legacyExplorer": false,
   "restApiRoot": "/api",
   "host": "0.0.0.0",
   "port": 3000,

example-2.0/server/middleware.json

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "initial:before": {
+    "loopback#favicon": {},
+    "loopback#compress": {}
+  },
+  "initial": {
+    "compression": {}
+  },
+  "session": {
+  },
+  "auth": {
+  },
+  "parse": {
+  },
+  "routes": {
+  },
+  "files": {
+    "loopback#static": {
+      "params": "$!../client"
+    }
+  },
+  "final": {
+    "loopback#urlNotFound": {}
+  },
+  "final:after": {
+    "errorhandler": {}
+  }
+}

example-2.0/server/server.js

@@ -3,32 +3,9 @@ var boot = require('loopback-boot');
 
 var app = module.exports = loopback();
 
-// Set up the /favicon.ico
-app.use(loopback.favicon());
-
-// request pre-processing middleware
-app.use(loopback.compress());
-
-// -- Add your pre-processing middleware here --
-
 // boot scripts mount components like REST API
 boot(app, __dirname);
 
-// -- Mount static files here--
-// All static middleware should be registered at the end, as all requests
-// passing the static middleware are hitting the file system
-// Example:
-var path = require('path');
-app.use(loopback.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../client')));
-
-// Requests that get this far won't be handled
-// by any middleware. Convert them into a 404 error
-// that will be handled later down the chain.
-app.use(loopback.urlNotFound());
-
-// The ultimate error handler.
-app.use(loopback.errorHandler());
-
 app.start = function() {
   // start the web server
   return app.listen(function() {