Start a lighttpd web server over a development directory.

lighttpd.conf

server.document-root = "/development/directory/to/serve"

server.dir-listing = "enable"

server.port = 80
mimetype.assign = (
	".png"  => "image/png",
	".jpg"  => "image/jpeg",
	".xml"  => "text/xml",
	".html" => "text/html",
	".mp4"  => "video/mp4",
	".webm" => "video/webm",
	".ogv"  => "video/ogg",
	".css" => "text/css",
	".js" => "text/javascript"
)

static_host_development_directory.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Get the current directory
scriptPath=${0%/*}

# Start httpd on entire development directory
sudo /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -D -f ${scriptPath}/httpd.conf