Simple example of a server which supports ajax requests
Carnegie Mellon University

Updated 09-April-2013, Seth Goldstein

If you have nodejs installed (see http://nodejs.org/) you can run the
server (add.js) which will serve static content in the directory the
server is running in and a simple add request.  Sample usage can be
seen in add.html.  If you are running the server on your local
machine, e.g.,

    node add.js &

You can make a request in your browser with the following url:

    http://127.0.0.1:8896/add.html