cowboy/examples/hello_world/README.md

Hello world example
===================

To try this example, you need GNU `make` and `git` in your PATH.

To build the example, run the following command:

``` bash
$ make
```

To start the release in the foreground:

``` bash
$ ./_rel/hello_world_example/bin/hello_world_example console
```

Then point your browser at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).

Example output
--------------

``` bash
$ curl -i http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:10:25 GMT
content-length: 12
content-type: text/plain

Hello world!
```