How to Build a Web Server with Node JS | Node.js Tutorials for Beginners

Web Dev Roadmap for Beginners (Free!): https://bit.ly/DaveGrayWebDevRoadmap Learn how to build a web server with Node JS. This Node.js tutorial for Beginners will walk you through building a web server with only Node JS - no framework required. This will help you build foundational knowledge of Node.js which will help when the Express JS framework is introduced later in this Node JS tutorial series. 🚩 Subscribe ➜ https://bit.ly/3nGHmNn 🚀 This lesson is part of a Node.js for Beginners tutorial series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Zuz27SZ-6PFkIxaJ6Xx_X46avTM1aYw 🔗 Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/nodejs_web_server How to Build a Web Server with Node JS | Node.js Tutorials for Beginners (00:00) Intro (00:05) Welcome (00:14) Overview (00:28) Project Setup (03:01) Import modules / dependencies (04:33) A minimal server (08:02) Two inefficient approaches (11:06) Setting the Content-Type (13:11) Setting the file path (15:59) Make the html extension optional (17:22) Does the requested file exist? (18:18) Routing redirects (22:48) Basic serveFile function (25:17) Calling the serveFile function (28:20) Serving JSON with the serveFile function (30:25) Serving images with the serveFile function (31:59) Sending a 404 status code (32:56) Logging requests and errors (35:51) Up and running with the web server 📚 References: Node.js Official site: https://nodejs.org NPM Official site: https://www.npmjs.com/ ✅ Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/yesdavidgray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidagray/ Blog: https://yesdavidgray.com Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/DaveOnEleven Was this tutorial about how to build a web server with Node.js helpful? If so, please share. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. #node #nodejs #server