Your First HTTP Server
Your first server answers. Rudely, but it answers.
▶ the lesson · ~35s · narrated · tap for sound
the intro
An HTTP server listens on a port and answers requests with responses. You can build one in ten lines of Node, and building it by hand once teaches you what frameworks do for you forever.
fun fact ✦
The C10k problem — ten thousand connections at once — is what made nginx famous.
the docs
quick hits about Your First HTTP Server
15-second answers · interviews, tips, trivia & hidden gems
🎤 interview
What is a port?
🎤 interview
What is middleware?
📚 tutorial
The framework version
💎 deep
The only status codes you need
🔧 useful
Stop restarting your server manually?