I am a beginner in node.js I have some problems with setTimeout(function(){.....},time); thingo. This works fine when i curl the local server but not as expected in google chrome (i haven't tested other browsers)
My Code is:
/* simple node.js createserver */
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (request, response) {
response.writeHead(200);
response.write('Somthing\r\n');
setTimeout(function(){
response.end('\n This came out after 5 seconds :) ');
}, 5000);
response.write('Hello World\n');
}).listen(8124);
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/');
When i curl 127.0.0.1:8124 everything works as expected. But when i point that in browser, it remains idle for some time (which i guess is that 5 seconds) and shows all the contents at once? Is this the expected behavior of node.js or i am missing something? Can the browser do thing like the curl does (i.e, printing two lines first, and waiting for 5 seconds and printing another line)?
It is expected-- the browser isn't meant to display the page until it has finished loading (I believe that there may be an exception for large chunks, but for the most part this will be true)
Try this
http.createServer(function (request, response)
response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8');
response.writeHead(200);
response.write('Somthing\r\n');
setTimeout(function(){
response.end('\n This came out after 5 seconds :) ');
}, 5000);
response.write('Hello World\n');
//No point writing Hello World here as it is written immediately
}).listen(8124);