even simpler localserver

displayserver.js

@@ -1,37 +1,6 @@
-var http = require("http"),
-    url = require("url"),
-    path = require("path"),
-    fs = require("fs")
-    port = process.argv[2] || 1391;
-
-http.createServer(function(request, response) {
-
-  var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
-    , filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
-
-  fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
-    if(!exists) {
-      response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
-      response.write("404 Not Found\n");
-      response.end();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) filename += '/index.html';
-
-    fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
-      if(err) {
-        response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
-        response.write(err + "\n");
-        response.end();
-        return;
-      }
-
-      response.writeHead(200);
-      response.write(file, "binary");
-      response.end();
-    });
-  });
-}).listen(parseInt(port, 10));
-
-console.log("Static file server running at\n  => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nCTRL + C to shutdown");
+var connect = require('connect');
+var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
+var port = 1391;
+connect().use(serveStatic(__dirname)).listen(port);
+console.log('server running on port',port);
+console.log('open browser to http://localhost:'+port+'/');

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Display Systems",
   "main": "config.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "static -a 0.0.0.0 -p 1391 ."
+    "start": "node displayserver.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/FirstLegoLeague/displaySystem#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "node-static": "^0.7.7"
+    "connect": "^3.5.0",
+    "serve-static": "^1.11.1"
   }
 }