Node JS web server code that serves a single static file.

server.js

var fs = require('fs'),
	 http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
	fs.readFile("index.html", "binary", function(err, file) {
		if(err) {        
			res.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
			res.write(err + "\n");
			res.end();
			return;
		}

		res.writeHead(200);
		res.write(file, "binary");
		res.end();
	});

}).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');