“Cannot GET /” with Connect on Node.js

Question

I\'m trying to start serving some static web pages using connect like this:

var connect = require(\"connect\");
var nowjs = require(\"now\");
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Answer 1

You'll see the message Cannot GET / if you don't specify which page it is that you're trying to get, in other words if your URL is something like http://localhost:8180. Make sure you enter a page name, e.g. http://localhost:8180/index.html.