Node.js error no server startup - node.js

Question

As a part of angular.js course, i downloaded and installed node.js, inserted server.js file in main folder with following content :
var connect = require('connect');
connect.createServer(
connect.static("../angularjs")
).listen(5000);
and then tried to run server by cli, but im getting error in cli:
TypeError: Object function createServer() {
function app(req, res, next){ app.handle(req, res, next); }
merge(app, proto);
merge(app, EventEmitter.prototype);
app.route = '/';
app.stack = [];
return app;
} has no method 'static'
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\server.js:4:19)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:906:3

Answer 1

try:
var connect = require('connect');
var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
var app = connect();
app.use(serveStatic('angularjs'));
app.listen(5000);
Should work for you!
EDIT:
With Connect 3.0 .static() is moved to a separate package called serve-static.
So you'll have to install that before running this code.

Answer 2

Edit: THis is for an older version of Node and therefore doesn't answer the question. See the comments below.
To use connect, you need to setup the environment, and then create the server
var connect = require('connect');
car app = connect();
app.static("../angularjs");
connect.createServer(app).listen(5000);
You may also be able to do it the brief way that you have by:
connect.createServer(
connect().static("../angularjs")
).listen(5000);