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 # LFS148 - exercise repository
+// server.mjs
+import { createServer } from 'node:http';
 
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+  res.end('Hello World!\n');
+});
+
+// starts a simple http server locally on port 3000
+server.listen(3000, '127.0.0.1', () => {
+  console.log('Listening on 127.0.0.1:3000');
+});
+
+// run with `node server.mjs`