Node2Know — Basic HTTP Server

A minimal Node.js web server using the core http module.

This repo is your first taste of “server-side JavaScript” without any frameworks:

• create a server
• respond to requests
• view the result in your browser

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✅ Prereqs

• Node.js installed (includes node)

Verify:

node -v

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📄 What's in this repo?

• server.js — a basic HTTP server that responds with plain text

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▶️ Run the server

From the project folder:

node server.js

You should see:

Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/

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🌐 View it in a browser

Open:

• http://127.0.0.1:3000/

You should see:

Hello Node Server!

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👀 Run with watch mode

Node can restart the server automatically when server.js changes:

node --watch server.js

Now change the response string in res.end(...), save, and refresh your browser.

Stop the server with:

• Ctrl + C

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🧠 What the code demonstrates

Core module

• const http = require("http");

Creating the server

• http.createServer((req, res) => { ... })
  The callback runs every time a request hits the server.

Writing a response

• res.statusCode = 200
• res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain")
• res.end("Hello Node Server!")

Listening for requests

• server.listen(port, hostname, () => { ... })

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📁 Project Structure

.
├── server.js
└── README.md

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License

Node2Know-Learn-1.0 (see LICENSE).