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+#--------- Hem setup options
+
+developmentHem =
+	baseAppRoute: "/appname"
+	proxy:
+		"/appname":
+			"host": "localhost"
+			"port": 8080
+			"path": "/segway"
+
+stagingHem =
+	baseAppRoute: "/appname"
+	proxy:
+		"/appname":
+			"host": "test.yoursite.com"
+			"path": "/appname"
+
+productionHem =
+	baseAppRoute: "/appname"
+	proxy:
+		"/appname2":
+			"host": "www.yoursite.com"
+			"path": "/appname"
+
+# setup hem to work with different segway runtimes
+if "--staging" in process.argv
+	hemSetup = stagingHem
+else if "--production" in process.argv
+	hemSetup = productionHem
+else
+	hemSetup = developmentHem
+
+#--------- test configuration
+
+hemSetup.tests = {}
+hemSetup.tests.runner     = "karma"
+hemSetup.tests.reporters  = "progress"
+hemSetup.tests.frameworks = "jasmine"
+
+#--------- setup reusable configuration for frontends
+
+defaultFrontend =
+	defaults: "spine"
+	js:
+		modules: []
+		target: "public"
+	css:
+		target: "public"
+	test:
+		depends: "common"
+		after: "require(\"lib/setup\");"
+
+#--------- main configuration setup
+
+config =
+
+	# main hem configuration
+	hem: hemSetup
+
+	# common module that is shared across all frontends
+	common:
+		defaults: "spine"
+		js:
+			modules: [
+				"jqueryify",
+				"spine",
+				"spine/lib/ajax",
+				"spine/lib/route",
+				"spine/lib/manager"
+			]
+		version:
+			type: "package"
+			files: [
+				"./app1/public/index.html",
+				"./app2/public/index.html",
+				"./app3/public/index.html"
+			]
+
+	# all of the separate frontend applications
+	app1   : defaultFrontend
+	app2   : defaultFrontend
+	app3   : defaultFrontend
+
+#--------- export the configuration map for hem
+
+module.exports.config = config
+
+module.exports.customize = (hem) ->
+	# provide hook to customize the hem instance,
+	# called after config is parsed/processed.
+	return