Using #grunt-express as a local web server during development #tags: web server, grunt-server

local_webserver_Gruntfile.js

"use strict";

var path = require('path');

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  grunt.initConfig({
    express: {
      defaults: {
        options: {
          port: 3000,
          bases: '.'
        }
      }
    }
  })
  
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-express');
  
  grunt.registerTask('dev',  ['express', 'express-keepalive']);
}