benw

http.createServer(dispatchRequest).listen(port);

function dispatchRequest(req, res)
{
        res.sentinel = new Sentinel(function (e) {

                // Like a catch() clause that catches callbacks too.

                // Called if handleRequest throws, or if any of the callbacks
                // registered by handleRequest throw, or if any of the

benw

var sys = require('sys'),
   http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  setTimeout(function () {
    res.sendHeader(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    res.sendBody('Hello World');
    res.finish();
  }, 2000);
}).listen(3000);
sys.puts('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');

benw

node helloworld.js
Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/

# At this point in another terminal I use netcat to open a plain TCP connection,
# and then Ctrl-C to close the connection without having sent any data.
# node then blows up with:

Segmentation Fault