This will start a simple server on port 3000.
Save to a file index.js
var http = require('http'); console.log("Server listening on port 3000"); http.createServer((req, res) => { console.log("Got a request"); res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); res.end("Hello World!"); }).listen(3000);
Run with:
$ node index.js
Output:
Server listening on port 3000