basic-http-server.coffee

http = require 'http'

store = # we'll use a simple object as our store
  foo:    'bar'
  coffee: 'script'

server = http.createServer (req, res) ->
  console.log req.method, req.url

  value = store[req.url[1..]]

  if not value
    res.writeHead 404
  else
    res.writeHead 200,
      'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
      'Content-Length': value.length + 1
    res.write value + '\n'

  res.end()

server.listen 8000