simplest HTTP test server

server.js

var http = require('http'), fs = require('fs'), url = require('url');
var server = {
  root: '.',
  port: 8080,
  index: 'index.html'
};

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var location = url.parse(req.url);
  var path = server.root + '/' + server.index;
  if (location.pathname !== '/') {
    path = server.root + location.pathname;
    if (location.pathname.substr(-1) === '/')
      path += server.index;
  }
  fs.exists(path, function(exists) {
    if (exists) {
      console.log(req.method, '\033[32m200\033[39m', path);
      res.writeHead(200);
      res.end(fs.readFileSync(path));
    } else {
      console.log(req.method, '\033[31m404\033[39m', path);
      res.writeHead(404);
      res.end('Document Not Found.');
    }
  });
}).listen(server.port);

console.log('Running at', server.port, '\n');