Connect - Connect is a middleware layer for Node.js

Connect is an extensible HTTP server framework for node, providing high performance "plugins" known as middleware.

Connect is bundled with over 14 commonly used middleware, including a logger, session support, cookie parser, and more. Be sure to view the 1.0 documentation.

connect.createServer()

The connect.createServer() method is now optional, and equivalent to connect(). For example:

  connect.createServer(
      connect.logger()
    , connect.static(__dirname)
  ).listen(3000); 

is the same as:

  connect(
      connect.logger()
    , connect.static(__dirname)
  ).listen(3000);

When an options object is passed as the first argument it is assumed to be an https server:

  connect({ options here }
      connect.logger()
    , connect.static(__dirname)
  ).listen(443);