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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.

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🔗 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

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NPM Official site: https://www.npmjs.com/

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