Good afternoon,
People I'm starting my studies with Node.js technology, however when I tried to write the code of a web server example:
const http = require('http');
const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
res.end('Hello World\n');
});
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
console.log('Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/');
});
My return generates the following error:
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token >
at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:906:3
My Node.js has been downloaded from the GitHub source code (v0.10.29).
NOTE: I have already searched the internet and could not explain anything when using =>
. I do not understand and if anyone can help me with any reference or explanation I will be grateful to know how =>
works.