the simplest possible http server hello world example in node
- Example package.json
- Starts up simple httpServer with helloworld
git clone git://github.com/Marak/hellonode.git
cd hellonode
node server.js
Now you should have a listening node.js http server running on port 80
// requires node's http module
var http = require('http');
// creates a new httpServer instance
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
// ^^ this is the callback, or request handler for the httpServer
// respond to the browser, write some headers so the
// browser knows what type of content we are sending
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
// write some content to the browser that your user will see
res.write('hello, i know nodejitsu.')
// close the response
res.end();
}).listen(80); // the server will listen on port 80