server.coffee

#!/usr/bin/env coffee

sys:  require 'sys'
http: require 'http'

server: http.createServer (req, res) ->
  res.writeHeader 200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}
  res.write 'Hello, World!'
  res.end()

server.listen 8080

sys.puts "Server running at http://localhost:8080/"

server.node.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

(function (port) {
  /* Some useful modules for future programs. */
  var sys = require('sys'), /* system access, e.g. standard I/O */
    http = require('http'); /* Yippee, a web server object, really nice. */

  /* Create the web server */
  http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    /* Build our page with sendHeader(), sendBody() and send the page with finish() */
    response.sendHeader('Content-Type: text/plain');
    response.write('Hello World');
    response.close();
  }).listen(port);
  /* Display a console message */
  sys.puts("Running on port:" + port + " with process id: " + process.pid);
})(8080);