ts-tcp-httpserver

What is this

This is an extremely simple HTTP/1.1 server written in TypeScript using node:net to open a TCP socket to listen for and respond to HTTP requests.

Receive and respond to HTTP requests purely by reading and writing data to and from a TCP socket.
With the above, support transmission of non-text formats (e.g. images, binaries, etc.)
Use tests on a finished codebase to effectively test whether code behaviour stays consistent with feature changes.
Implement 'quality of life' features such as index pages at the root and in directories.
Code in a mostly functional+procedural style, avoiding nesting, and emphasising readable code.

More about how HTTP/1.1 works as a standard in practical terms.
Expanded knowledge of how to work with sockets as well as how they work.
Expanded knowledge of buffers in nodejs, how they work and how to work with them.
Using hexdump to diagnose problems in data transmission by examining data before and after being transmitted.

yarn dev will run tsc in watch mode concurrently with nodemon to restart the server when changes are made.
yarn build will run tsc to compile to the build/ directory.
yarn start will run tsc to compile to the build/ directory and immediately run the built server.