REALLY quick and dirty static file dev server

README.md

Usage

node dirtyserve.js

The point your browser to

http://localhost:3000/myfile.xxx

and the server will try to serve that file from the local server.

dirtyserve.js

var http = require('http')
var fs = require('fs')
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var filename = req.url.substring(1)
  if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) {
    res.writeHead(404)
    res.end(filename+' not found')
    return
  }
  var contents = fs.readFileSync(filename)
  var fileEnding = req.url.match(/\.(.+)$/)[1]
  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/'+ fileEnding })
  res.end(contents)
}).listen(3000)