Building a Basic HTTP Server — Roadmap Step & Resources
Creating a server with the built-in http module before using a framework
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: MERN Stack
Before this step
Mini projects
- Build a simple HTTP server without Express
Study resources
- HTTP (Article) — Node.js's official documentation for the built-in http module used to build a server from scratch.
- Build a Node.js Server Without a Framework (Video) — A hands-on walkthrough of building an HTTP server using only Node's core http module.
- Build a Simple HTTP Server with Node.js (Article) — Official Node.js tutorial walking step-by-step through setting up an HTTP server without external dependencies.
- HTTPS (Article) — Official reference covering TLS/SSL options and https.createServer in native Node.js.
Part of
- Node.js — section
- MERN Stack roadmap — the full learning path