A simple node server
Now, we have our environment ready to do some experiments, let's get the most obvious activity done by trying a simple node server. For this, you only need two pieces of software. One is your default text editor such as Notepad in Windows or Nano for Ubuntu and a web browser. For the web browser, we prefer to use Google Chrome as it's easily available for all platforms and is native to Node.js.
So, type the following code in your favorite text editor:
// simple server written in Nodejs // This server would be running on default IP http://127.0.0.1 var http = require('http'); http.createServer(function (request, response) { response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); // this defines the MIME type of content response.end('Hello ...Get Mastering JavaScript Promises now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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