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***Requires node v7.6 or higher. Install the [previous release](https://github.com/lwsjs/local-web-server/tree/v1.x) for node >= v4.0.0. Documentation still WIP.***
**This documentation is a work in progress**
# local-web-server
*Documentation coming soon.*
The modular development web server for productive front-end and full-stack engineers. Use this tool to:
* Help build a web application using any architecture (static website, Single Page Application with client-side rendering, dynamic app with server-side rendering, Progressive Web App etc.)
* Prototype a web service (REST API, microservice, websocket server application etc)
Agnostic which front-end framework (React, Polymer, Angular etc) you use, if any.
## Synopsis
This package installs the `ws` command-line tool. The most simple use case is to run `ws` without any arguments - this will host the current directory as a static web site.
```sh
$ ws
Serving at http://mbp.local:8000, http://127.0.0.1:8000, http://192.168.0.100:8000
```
Being modular and extensible, there are many possibilites how to use this tool for more advanced usage.
## Install
Requires node v7.6 or higher. Install the [previous release](https://github.com/lwsjs/local-web-server/tree/v1.x) for node >= v4.0.0.