Most basic Node.js web server

webserver.js

var fs = require('fs');

require('http').createServer(function(request, response) {
  var path = 'public_html'+ request.url.slice(0,
      (request.url.indexOf('?')+1 || request.url.length+1) - 1);
      
  fs.stat(path, function(bad_path, path_stat) {
    if (bad_path) respond(404);
    else if (path_stat.isDirectory() && path.slice(-1) !== '/') {
      response.setHeader('Location', path.slice(11)+'/');
      respond(301);
    } else fs.readFile(path.slice(-1)==='/' ? path+'index.html' : path,
          function(bad_file, file_content) {
      if (bad_file) respond(404);
      else respond(200, file_content);
    });
  });
 
  function respond(status, content) {
    response.statusCode = status;
    response.end(content);
  }
}).listen(80, function(){console.log('Server running on port 80...')});

Minimal http server using no 3rd-party frameworks, handles 404 errors, adds trailing slashes, and allows query strings,

Create a public_html/ subfolder, inside the webserver.js file's folder, and place all site content in it.