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 Use this tool to:
 
-* Build a static website, dynamic website with server-side rendering, Single Page Application with client-side rendering, Progressive Web App etc. - any web application you like.
-* Prototype a REST API, Microservice, websocket server or any other server-side application.
+* Build a fast, modern web application using any tech, framework or architecture.
+* Prototype back-end services (RESTful HTTP API, Microservice, websocket server etc.)
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+Essentially, local-web-server is the `lws` command-line web server with a middleware stack built in offering the following features:
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+* Static file serving
+* Single Page Application support
+* Response mocking 
+* Configurable access log
+* URL Rewriting, to local or remote destinations 
+* Request body parsing
+* Route blacklisting
+* HTTP Conditional Request support (cacheing)
+* MIME-type customisation
+* Gzip response compression
+* Directory listing support
 
 ## Synopsis
 
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 Opening any of the listed URLs in your browser will open your home page (`index.html` by default) if one exists, else show a directory listing.
 
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 ## Advanced Usage
 
 Being modular and extensible, features can be added or removed from `ws` in the shape of Middleware, ServerFactory or View modules. [See the wiki for full documentation and tutorials](https://github.com/lwsjs/local-web-server/wiki).