Local Web Server

Easiest way for Mac and Win is to use MAMP - https://www.mamp.info/en/

WINDOWS - MAMP:

• Download the installer from https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/ (300MB) - will have copy on thumbdrive in the class
• Install it, unchecking ‘Install MAMP PRO in addition to MAMP’
• By default it will install to C:\MAMP
• Now start MAMP from the window start menu
• Click on Start Servers
• Click on ‘Open start page’
• The page http://localhost/MAMP/ should now open up in your browser.
• Default documents folder is usually C:\MAMP\htdocs

MAC - Fastest way is to use Python SimpleHTTPServer

• All new Macs have Python installed. First open Terminal (Which can be found inside Applications > Utilities). Check which version of python you have by typing "python" into Terminal. Then navigate to the folder with your files inside it.

cd /path/to/project/folder 

Use Python's built-in http server:

# Python 2.x
python -m SimpleHTTPServer

# Python 3.x
python -m http.server

Files from that directory will be served up at localhost under port 8000, so you can view the files from that directory if you type this into the browser:

http://localhost:8000/