What does this symbol () => mean in Javascript? [duplicate]

It’s an arrow function, newly defined in ES6.

An arrow function expression has a shorter syntax than a function expression and does not bind its own this, arguments, super, or new.target. Arrow functions are always anonymous. These function expressions are best suited for non-method functions, and they cannot be used as constructors.

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They are often just a shorter way of writing the anonymous function function () {}, with which you may already be familiar.

These pieces of code do the same thing:

1. setTimeout(function () { console.log("Hey"); }, 1000);
2. setTimeout(() => { console.log("Hey"); }, 1000);

This means that in your example http.createServer is accepting one argument, a function which itself takes two arguments.

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Arrow functions are not equivalent to function () {} anonymous functions, function () {} binds its own this, for example.