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local-web-server
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Fires up a simple, static web server on a given port. Use for local web development or file sharing (directory browsing enabled).
Fires up a simple, CORS-enabled, static web server on a given port. Use for local web development or file sharing (directory browsing enabled).
![local-web-server](http://75lb.github.io/local-web-server/ws.gif)
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Ensure [node.js](http://nodejs.org) is installed first. Linux/Mac users may need to run the following commands with `sudo`.
##As a global command
##Globally
```sh
$ npm install -g local-web-server
```
##As a server deployed with your project
##Deployed with your project
```sh
$ npm install local-web-server --save-dev
```
Then add an `npm start` script to your `package.json`, the standard npm approach:
Then add an `start` script to your `package.json` (the standard npm approach):
```json
{
"name": "my-web-app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"scripts": {
"start": "ws"
}
```
This simplifies a set of rather specific looking install instructions like:
This simplifies a rather specific looking instruction set like:
```sh
$ npm install
$ npm install -g local-web-server
$ npm install -g local-web-server
$ ws
```
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$ ws -f ':method -> :url'
```
Or silence:
Or silence:
```sh
$ ws -f none
```
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}
```
All stored defaults are overriden by options supplied at the command line.
All stored defaults are overriden by options supplied at the command line.
To view your stored defaults, run:
To view your stored defaults, run:
```sh
$ ws --config
```
##Deploy the web server with your project
It's quite common to see a set of installation instructions like this:
It's quite common to see a set of installation instructions like this:
```sh
$ npm install
$ npm install -g
$ npm install
$ npm install -g
```
##Use with Logstalgia
local-web-server is compatible with [logstalgia](http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/).
local-web-server is compatible with [logstalgia](http://code.google.com/p/logstalgia/).
###Install Logstalgia
On MacOSX, install with [homebrew](http://brew.sh):

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