diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
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+var http = require('http');
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+var port = 3000;
+var host = 'localhost';
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  fs.readFile('./public/index.html', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+    if (err) {
+      res.writeHead(404);
+      res.end('404 Page Not Found');
+    } else {
+      res.writeHead(200, {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/html'
+      });
+      var myReq = {
+        url: req.url,
+        method: req.method,
+        httpVersion: req.httpVersion,
+        headers: req.headers
+      };
+      var myRes = {
+        statusMessage: res.statusMessage,
+        statusCode: res.statusCode,
+        _header: res._header
+      };
+      myReq = JSON.stringify(myReq, null, 2);
+      myRes = JSON.stringify(myRes, null, 2);
+
+      res.end(data
+        .replace('{{ req }}', myReq)
+        .replace('{{ res }}', myRes));
+    };
+  });
+});
+
+server.listen(port, host, function() {
+  console.log(`Server is running and listening at the address http://${host}:${port}`);
+});
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+
+    <title>Node.js Server Practice</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>you should see this</h1>
+
+    <h2>Request:</h2>
+    <pre>{{ req }}</pre>
+
+    <h2>Response:</h2>
+    <pre>{{ res }}</pre>
+
+    <form action="#" method="get">
+      <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username">
+      <input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password">
+      <input type="submit">
+    </form>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
