server.js

//
// Simple nodejs server for running the sample.
//
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6084360/node-js-as-a-simple-web-server
//

var http = require("http"),
    url = require("url"),
    path = require("path"),
    fs = require("fs")
    port = process.argv[2] || 8888;
 
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
 
  var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
    , filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
  
  fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
    if(!exists) {
      response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
      response.write("404 Not Found\n");
      response.end();
      return;
    }
 
    if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) {
      filename += '/index.html';
    }
 
    fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
      if(err) {        
        response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
        response.write(err + "\n");
        response.end();
        return;
      }

      var contentType = "text/plain";
      var ext = path.extname(filename);

      switch (ext) {
        case ".html":
          contentType = "text/html";
          break;
        case ".css":
          contentType = "text/css";
          break;
        case ".js":
          contentType = "text/javascript";
          break;
      }

      console.log("Incoming ext: " + ext + ", content: " + contentType);
 
      response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": contentType});
      response.write(file, "binary");
      response.end();
    });
  });
}).listen(parseInt(port, 10));
 
console.log("Static file server running at\n  => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nCTRL + C to shutdown");