Single line webserver for testing HTML5 apps

Patrick_Ohnewein3 · July 23, 2018, 8:50pm

Hi LUGBZ,

last week I wanted to test a project we released under the AGPLv3.

It is a webapp to generate flyers for the Java Developer Meetings we
organize together with partners like the JUGTAAS, UNIBZ and Fraunhofer
at the NOI Techpark.

The code has been developed by the team of Andrea Cima as an HTML5 app,
which doesn't need any backend. But to test the source code the
developer has to deploy it on a webserver.

I didn't want to install and configure an Apache webserver on my laptop,
because I would have to take care about firewalling it, etc. So I made a
small research and discovered that using python - which I have already
installed on my laptop - it's possible to start a local simple http
server on the fly.

Check it out:

github.com

noi-techpark/flyer-generator/blob/master/README.md

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# Flyer Generator
A web based generator for flyers. This version generates the flyers for the monthly Java Developer Meetings hosted by the NOI Techpark in South Tyrol.

# How to test it locally

An easy way to get the project running on your development machine, is to clone the repository and use the python SimpleHTTPServer as a local webserver to test it. 

```bash
# clone the rpository
$ git clone <REPO URI>

# change into the project directory, where the index.html file is located. 
# This is needed for the python webserver to find the files.
$ cd flyer-generator

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# start a simple python webserver on a free port (usually 8080)
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

Maybe this could be helpful to someone! And of course suggestions and
feedback is very welcome!

Happy hacking!
Patrick

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