hughrawlinson · February 11, 2016 11:46
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
 res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
 res.write('<html><body><h1>Welcome to W1-TempServ</h1>\n');
 var temp = '';
 fs.readFile('/home/simon/temp', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(data);
  res.write("<p>"+data+"</p></body></html>");
  res.end();
 });

 // Data will not work here because it's outside of the it's scope.
 // it was defined in the fs.readFile callback, can't be accessed outside of that
 // res.write(data);

 //also because of js asynchronicity you'll need to write everything in the callback
	res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
	res.write('<html><body><h1>Welcome to W1-TempServ</h1>\n');
	var temp = '';
	fs.readFile('/home/simon/temp', 'utf8', function (err, data) {
	if (err) throw err;
	console.log(data);
	res.write("<p>"+data+"</p></body></html>");
	res.end();
	});

	// Data will not work here because it's outside of the it's scope.
	// it was defined in the fs.readFile callback, can't be accessed outside of that
	// res.write(data);

	//also because of js asynchronicity you'll need to write everything in the callback