Serve static files, HTML, CSS, JS, etc, using Node.js

Node.js static file server

var fs = require('fs'),
  http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  console.log('Incoming request');
  fs.readFile('.' + req.url, function (err, file) {
    if (err) {
      res.writeHead(404, {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
      });
      res.end('File not found');
    } else {
      res.writeHead(200, {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
      });
      res.end(file);
    }
  });
}).listen(8080, function () {
  console.log('Server listening')
});