Phase 2 · Node.js Fundamentals

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Simple HTTP Server (No Framework)

Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.

Summary

A basic web server built with only Node's built-in `http` module — before reaching for Express, understand what a framework is actually doing for you.

How to Learn This

  • 1Build a server that routes different URLs to different responses manually.
  • 2Parse the request body and query string without any helper libraries.
  • 3Compare the amount of boilerplate this takes versus the same server in Express.

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