Node Server

eventLoop

This is an example of an event loop server in node.js

nodeReadme.html

<p>Run server from terminal
<code>$node nodeServer.js</code><br />
    -->Listening on port 8080...    
</p><p>
    <code>$curl http://localhost:8080</code>
    -->Hello, this is your server...
</p>

nodeServer.js

// Node Server Setup
var http = require ('http');
http.createServer(functon(request, response) {
    response.writeHead(200); //status code in header
    response.write("Hello, this is your server..."); //response body
    response.end(); //close communication
console.log('listening on port 8080...');
response.write("Node server is now running.");
setTimeout(function() {
    response.write("Node server is off!");
    response.end();
} 5000);
}).listen(8080); //listen for connectons on this port