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local-web-server
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.
$ ws
Serving at http://mbp.local:8000, http://127.0.0.1:8000, http://192.168.0.100:8000
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.
Advanced Usage
Being modular and extensible, there are many possibilites how to use this tool. See the wiki for full documentation and tutorials.
Install
Requires node v7.6 or higher. Install the previous release for node >= v4.0.0.
$ npm install -g local-web-server@next
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