http-server.js

var http = require('http'),
    ecstatic = require("ecstatic"),
    fileServer = ecstatic({root: "./public"}),
    config = require('./options'),
    router = require('./routes');

var normalizePort = function (val) {
    'use strict';

    var _port = parseInt(val, 10);

    if (isNaN(_port)) {
        return val;
    }

    if (_port >= 0) {
        return _port;
    }

    return false;
};

var host = process.env.HOST || config.host;
var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || config.port);

var handleRequest = function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    request.db = {};

    if (!router.resolve(request, response)) {
        fileServer(request, response);
    }
};

http.createServer(handleRequest).listen(port, host, function () {
    'use strict';

    process.stdout.write('> Server listening at ' + host + ':' + port + '\n');
});

// Client !!!!!!

var options = {
    hostname: '127.0.0.1',
    port: '8080',
    path: '/'
};

function handleResponse(response) {
    'use strict';

    var data = '';

    response
        .on('data', function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        })
        .on('end', function () {
            console.log("Response Status:", response.statusCode);
            console.log("Response Headers:", response.headers);
            console.log(data);
        });
}

http.request(options, function (response) {
    'use strict';

    handleResponse(response);
}).end();

options.json

{
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 8080,
    "ssl": {
        "active": false,
        "key": "ssl/server.key",
        "cert": "ssl/server.crt",
        "ca": "ssl/client.crt"
    }
}

router.js

var Router = function () {
    'use strict';

    this.routes = [];
};

Router.prototype.register = function (method, url, handler) {
    'use strict';

    this.routes.push({method: method, url: url, handler: handler});
};

Router.prototype.resolve = function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    var path = require('url').parse(request.url).pathname;

    return this.routes.some(function (route) {
        var match = route.url.exec(path);

        if (!match || route.method !== request.method) {
            return false;
        }

        var urlParts = match.slice(1).map(decodeURIComponent);

        route.handler.apply(null, [request, response].concat(urlParts));

        return true;
    });
};

module.exports = Router;

routes.js

var fs = require('fs'),
    Router = require('./router'),
    router = new Router();

var respond = function (response, status, data, type) {
    'use strict';

    response.writeHead(status, {"Content-Type": type || "text/plain"});

    if (data && data.pipe) {
        data.pipe(response);
    } else {
        response.end(data);
    }
};

var respondAsJSON = function (response, status, data) {
    'use strict';

    respond(response, status, JSON.stringify(data), "application/json");
};

router.register('GET', /^\/$/, function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    console.log('db: ', request.db);

    var rstream = fs.createReadStream('./views/index.html', {encoding: 'utf8'}),
        data = '';

    rstream
        .on('data', function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        })
        .on('end', function () {
            //console.log('> Data: ', data);
        });

    respond(response, 200, rstream.pipe(response), 'text/html');
});

router.register('GET', /^\/api\/$/, function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    //console.log(typeof request);

    respondAsJSON(response, 200, {test: 'shit', more: 'fuckery', shit: 'goes splat!'});
});

router.register('GET', /^\/list$/, function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    //console.log(typeof request);

    var rstream = fs.createReadStream('./views/list.html', {encoding: 'utf8'}),
        data = '';

    rstream
        .on('data', function (chunk) {
            data += chunk;
        })
        .on('end', function () {
            //console.log('> Data: ', data);
        });

    respond(response, 200, rstream.pipe(response), 'text/html');
});

router.register('GET', /^\/test\/$/, function (request, response) {
    'use strict';

    //console.log(typeof request);

    respond(response, 200, '<h1>Test</h1>', 'text/html');
});

module.exports = router;