Question

I’m a beginner of Node.js and trying different codes of Node.js. I want to develop a web app in Node.js, and I want its first (welcome page) to be an HTML file. What would example code for it look like?

Answer 1

There are a ton of tutorials out there – just google your way to them.

An easy HTTP server example taken from the nodejs.org website:

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

There is also a great video where Ryan is explaining what Node.js is all about.

Also interesting is the Express.js framework.

But get the fundamentals right first.