<h1 style='font-size:26px;color:#6aa84f;'>node.js: create the simplest webserver</h1>

Let's create a simple webserver with node.js

Prerequisits

node.js installed
npm installed

Create project

Type follwing command in your terminal and follow the instruction
$ npm init


This will create a package.json, which contains all the needed information for your project

Create a webserver

A webserver is just a piece of code in that case, wich allows us to send a message to the users browser.

Create a file "server.js" and paste follwing code

This will require the package http, which contains the server functions.
Then it will bind the server on localhost on port 3000. After that It will send a static returnvalue "Hello world" to the browser, wenn a user calls http://localhost:3000

Start the webserver

Open a terminal in the projectroot and type:
$ node server.js 


Now you can surf http://localhost:3000 and you should see "Hello World"

Thats it