Simple node.js static file server.

server.coffee

http = require "http"
url = require "url"
path = require "path"
fs = require "fs"

http.createServer (request, response) ->

  file = path.join process.cwd(), url.parse(request.url).pathname
  
  fs.exists file, (exists) ->
  
    unless exists
      response.writeHead 404, "Content-Type":"text/plain"
      response.write "404 Not Found"
      response.end "\n"
      return
  
    file += "/index.html" if fs.statSync(file).isDirectory()
  
    fs.readFile file, "binary", (err, file) ->
      if err
        response.writeHead 500, "Content-Type":"text/plain"
        response.write err
        response.end "\n"
        return
      response.writeHead 200
      response.write file, "binary"
      response.end()
      
  return
  
.listen process.env.PORT or 5000