How to package & deploy Node.js + express web application?

Question

I am new to Node.js programming and I have recently created a sample working web application using (express, backbone & other complimentary view technologies, with mongo

Answer 1

There is no standardized way, but you're on the right track. If your package.json is up to date and well kept, you can just copy/zip/clone your app directory to the production system, excluding the node_modules.

On your production system, run npm install to install your dependencies, npm test if you have tests and finally NODE_ENV=production node server.js

Some recent slides I considered to be quite helpful that also include the topic of wrappers like forever, can be found here.