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We are going to create a new self-hosted website using owin.

0) Requirements;

Visual Studio 201x (I am using the VS 2015) in "Run as Administrator" mode (required to open ports).
Internet connection (assumed that you have it since you are reading this post).

1) Create a new Console application:

2) Install the Owin packages:

Open the Package Manager Console by clicking the Tools menu and going to Tools/Nuget Package Manager/Package Manager Console

Execute the following command:

Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.SelfHost

It will install the Owin libraries to reference them in your project.

3) Configure the application to host the web:

Add the following content to the Program.cs class:

On top of usings:

using Microsoft.Owin;
using Microsoft.Owin.Hosting;

Above the namespace declaration:

[assembly: OwinStartup(typeof(Owin.HelloWorld.Startup))]

Add the Startup class :

    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
        {
            app.Run(context =>
            {
                context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
                return context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello, world.");
            });
        }
    }

Add the content to the body of the Main method:

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (WebApp.Start("http://localhost:9000"))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Press [enter] to quit...");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }