NodeJS Server to serve static HTML files

package.json

{
  "name" : "ServeStaticContent",
  "version" : "0.0.1",
  "dependencies" : {
    "express" : "3.x"
  }
}

server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.compress());
app.use('/static', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000);