How to run a web server using Node.JS

It is easy to run your own server nowadays. Nodejs, makes it look like a piece of cake.

Once you have installed Node, let's try building our first web server.

Create web directory:#

Let's start by creating our server directory.

$ mkdir nodejs-server

Server js file#

Once we changed to the nodejs-server directory,

$ cd nodejs-server

create a server.js with the following code:

const http = require('http');

const port = 3000;

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
	res.statusCode = 200;
	res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
	res.write(
		`
			<h1> Hello! Welcome to AshKeys! </h1>
		`
	);
});

server.listen(port, () => {
	console.log(`Server running at http://localhost:${port}/`);
});

Now our server is ready to be created.

Run as node#

This is it! All we have to do now is to run as a node file.

$ node ./server.js
Server running at http://localhost:3000/

Now our server is listening to port 3000 and welcomes you to AshKeys

When it comes to routing it is express that comes at best!