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**Requires node v4.0.0 or higher**.
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## Synopsis
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Some typical use cases. For these examples, assume we're in our site directory, which looks like:
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Some typical use cases. For these examples, assume we're in a site directory looking like this:
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```sh
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$ tree
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.
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├── css
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│ └── style.css
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$ ws --spa index.html
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```
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With this option, routes with existing files (e.g. `/css/style.css`) will be served normally as static assets. Routes without an existing file (e.g. `/user/1`, `/login` etc.) are passed directly to your SPA. Without this option they would 404.
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By default, typical SPA urls (e.g. `/user/1`, `/login`) would return `404 Not Found`. By marking `index.html` as the SPA you create this rule: *if a file with that url exists (e.g. `/css/style.css`) then serve it, if it does not (e.g. `/login`) then pass it to the SPA*.
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### Access Control
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{
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"name": "example",
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"version": "1.0.0",
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etc,
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etc,
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"local-web-server": {
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"port": 8100,
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"forbid": "\\.json$"
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```
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## Distribute with your project
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The standard convention with client-server applications is to add an `npm start` command to launch the server component.
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1. Install the server as a dev dependency
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```sh
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$ npm install local-web-server --save-dev
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```
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Then add an `start` script to your `package.json` (the standard npm approach):
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2. Add a `start` command to your `package.json`:
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```json
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{
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"name": "my-web-app",
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"name": "example",
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"version": "1.0.0",
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"local-web-server": {
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"port": 8100,
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"forbid": "\\.json$"
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},
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"scripts": {
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"start": "ws"
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}
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}
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```
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This simplifies a rather specific-looking instruction set like:
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```sh
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$ npm install
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$ npm install -g local-web-server
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$ ws
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```
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3. Document how to build and launch your site
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to the following, server implementation and launch details abstracted away:
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```sh
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$ npm install
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$ npm start
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@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ A simple web-server for productive front-end development.
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**Requires node v4.0.0 or higher**.
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## Synopsis
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Some typical use cases. For these examples, assume we're in our site directory, which looks like:
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Some typical use cases. For these examples, assume we're in a site directory looking like this:
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```sh
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$ tree
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.
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├── css
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│ └── style.css
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@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ You're building a web app with client-side routing, so mark `index.html` as the
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$ ws --spa index.html
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```
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With this option, routes with existing files (e.g. `/css/style.css`) will be served normally as static assets. Routes without an existing file (e.g. `/user/1`, `/login` etc.) are passed directly to your SPA. Without this option they would 404.
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By default, typical SPA urls (e.g. `/user/1`, `/login`) would return `404 Not Found`. By marking `index.html` as the SPA you create this rule: *if a file with that url exists (e.g. `/css/style.css`) then serve it, if it does not (e.g. `/login`) then pass it to the SPA*.
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### Access Control
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@ -69,8 +68,6 @@ Always use this port and blacklist? Persist it to the config:
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{
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"name": "example",
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"version": "1.0.0",
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etc,
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etc,
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"local-web-server": {
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"port": 8100,
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"forbid": "\\.json$"
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@ -90,29 +87,32 @@ $ npm install -g local-web-server
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```
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## Distribute with your project
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The standard convention with client-server applications is to add an `npm start` command to launch the server component.
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1. Install the server as a dev dependency
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```sh
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$ npm install local-web-server --save-dev
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```
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Then add an `start` script to your `package.json` (the standard npm approach):
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2. Add a `start` command to your `package.json`:
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```json
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{
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"name": "my-web-app",
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"name": "example",
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"version": "1.0.0",
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"local-web-server": {
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"port": 8100,
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"forbid": "\\.json$"
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},
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"scripts": {
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"start": "ws"
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}
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}
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```
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This simplifies a rather specific-looking instruction set like:
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```sh
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$ npm install
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$ npm install -g local-web-server
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$ ws
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```
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3. Document how to build and launch your site
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to the following, server implementation and launch details abstracted away:
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```sh
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$ npm install
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$ npm start
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{
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"name": "local-web-server",
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"version": "0.5.23",
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"description": "Lightweight static web server, zero configuration. Perfect for front-end devs.",
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"description": "A simple web-server for productive front-end development",
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"bin": {
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"ws": "./bin/cli.js"
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},
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