I've decided to learn node, an so I'm following, to begin with, The Node Beginner Book. As in I guess a lot of other resources, there is the "simple HTTP server", first step, something like:
var http = require("http");
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
response.write("Hello World");
response.end();
}).listen(8888);
As I understand it, when someone, in this case me though localhost:8888
, makes a request, an event is triggered, and the anonymous function that got passed to http.createServer
gets fired. I put here the documentation that I've managed to find about http.createserver
for anyone that finds it useful:
http.createServer([requestListener])
Returns a new web server object.
The requestListener is a function which is automatically added to the 'request' event.
(from the node.js site)
I couldn't find or figure out through how does this triggered function get it's parameters passed, and how do I find out about it. So... how do I know where does these parameters come from, what methods do they offer, etc?
Thanks in advance!