<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

	const http = require('http');
	const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
	const port = 3000;
	const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
	res.statusCode = 200;
	res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
	res.end('Hello World\n');
	});
	server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
	console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
	});

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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