var net = require("net"); srv = net.createServer(); srv.listen(8888); srv.on('error', function(e) { console.log("Server got an error: " + e.message);}); srv.on('connection', function(socket){console.log("connected "+ socket.readable); socket.write("It's the right socket"); socket.on('error', function(e) { console.log("Socket got an error: " + e.message);}); socket.on("data", function(chunk){ console.log("SOCKET: " +chunk); }); }); console.log("Server has started."); ~