Nodejs - Express - Static Web Page Server

Ref: 

http://runnable.com/UWw3g0PKxoAWAA6K/how-to-serve-static-files-in-express-for-node-js

Assumption: npm, node, express got installed before this step!

1. Create nodejs project folder

2. Create package.json

{ "name": "express-static-files-example", "version": "0.0.1", "description": "A sample code project demonstrating serving static files using express", "dependencies": { "express": "*" }, "scripts": { "start": "node server.js" } }

3. Create server.js

var express = require('express'); var app = express(); app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); app.listen(80);

4. Put all your HTML, javascript, and css files inside the public folder

npm install

npm start