NodeJS: How to get the server's port?

Question

You often see example hello world code for Node that creates an Http Server, starts listening on a port, then followed by something along the lines of:

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Answer 1

The simplest way to convert from the old style to the new (Express 3.x) style is like this:

var server = app.listen(8080);
console.log('Listening on port: ' + server.address().port);

Pre 3.x it works like this:

/* This no longer works */
app.listen(8080);
console.log('Listening on port: ' + app.address().port);