Very simple Node server

server.js

/**
* VERY simple web server in Node with limited/no error trapping
*/
var http = require( 'http' );
var fs = require( 'fs' );

const PORT = 8080;

function handleRequest( req, res ){
  var url = '/index.html'; // default path
  var typ = 'text/html' // default file type
  var file_ = ''; // file to handle
  if ( '/' !== req.url ) {
    // get the file mime type
    var url = req.url;
    var suffix = req.url.split( '.' ).pop();
    switch ( suffix ) {
    case 'html':
    case 'css':
      typ = 'text/' + suffix;
      break;
    case 'js':
    case 'jsx':
      typ = 'text/javascript';
      break;
    case 'jpeg':
    case 'gif':
    case 'png':
      typ = 'image/' + suffix;
      break;
    case 'jpg':
      typ = 'image/jpeg';
      break;
    case 'ico':
      typ = 'image/x-icon';
      break;
    default:
      typ = '';
      break;
    }
  }
  if ( '' !== typ ) {
    // get the file contents and pipe to browser
    file_ = fs.readFileSync( '.' + url );
    res.writeHead( 200, { 'Content-Type': typ } );
  }
  res.end( file_ );
}

// create server
var server = http.createServer( handleRequest );

// start server
server.listen( PORT, function() {
    console.log( "Server listening on: http://localhost:%s", PORT );
} );