================================================= 14/06/2013
simple nodejs http server:

• install nodejs
• create file server.js with following content:
  var url = require(“url”);

function handleHttpRequest(request, response){
response.writeHead(200, {“Content-Type”: “text/html”});
response.write(“pathname:”+url.parse(request.url).pathname);
response.write(“
“);
response.write(“query:”+url.parse(request.url).query);
response.end();
}

var http = require(“http”);
http.createServer(handleHttpRequest).listen(8888);

• in command line: node /path/to/server.js
• go to http://localhost:8888
• go to http://localhost:8888/sevice?user=nour&age;=42