## Synopsis An example of a [web server](http.html) written with Node which responds with 'Hello World': var http = require('http'); http.createServer(function (request, response) { response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); response.end('Hello World\n'); }).listen(8124); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/'); To run the server, put the code into a file called `example.js` and execute it with the node program > node example.js Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/ All of the examples in the documentation can be run similarly.