nodeNotFinishing.js

// Example code straight from http://nodejs.org/ front page, slightly modified.
// Run with node.js (e.x. v.0.8.11 on Windows 7) and open website (once) with
// a browser which uses keep-alive connections (e.x. Firefox 18.0 on Windows 7).
// The program will not finish until the browser is closed :( because of the
// kept-alive connection. Not knowing that reason, how to debug the cause for
// the "not finishing" of the program?

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