pyhost

#!/bin/sh
# Original script by Jason Tan: http://solutions.treypiepmeier.com/2009/03/03/virtual-hosts-on-osx-leopard/#comment-41787

DIR=/Users/$SUDO_USER/Sites/$1

if [[ ! -d $DIR && `id -u` -eq 0 ]]; then
	echo ""
	echo "Downloading site-template repository ..."
	sudo -u $SUDO_USER git clone --quiet git://github.com/trey/site-template.git $DIR
	cd $DIR
	echo "Deleting unneeded parts ..."
	rm -rf .git/
	rm .gitignore
	mv html5.html index.html
	rm html4.html
	rm html4_lean.html
	rm xhtml.html
	rm xhtml_full.html
	rm README.markdown
	rm MIT-License.txt

	mate $DIR
	open http://127.0.0.1:8080/

	python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

	echo ""
	echo "Done!"
else
	echo "usage: sudo pyhost YOUR_PROJECT"
fi

treyvhost

#!/bin/sh
# Original script by Jason Tan: http://solutions.treypiepmeier.com/2009/03/03/virtual-hosts-on-osx-leopard/#comment-41787

DIR=/Users/$SUDO_USER/Sites/$1

if [[ ! -d $DIR && `id -u` -eq 0 ]]; then
	echo ""
	echo "Downloading site-template repository ..."
	sudo -u $SUDO_USER git clone --quiet git://github.com/trey/site-template.git $DIR
	cd $DIR
	echo "Deleting unneeded parts ..."
	rm -rf .git/
	rm .gitignore
	mv html5.html index.html
	rm html4.html
	rm html4_lean.html
	rm xhtml.html
	rm xhtml_full.html
	rm README.markdown
	rm MIT-License.txt

	VHOST=/etc/apache2/users/$SUDO_USER.conf
	echo "<VirtualHost *:80>" >> $VHOST
	echo "\tDocumentRoot \"$DIR\"" >> $VHOST
	echo "\tServerName $1.dev" >> $VHOST
	echo "</VirtualHost>\n" >> $VHOST
	echo "VirtualHost created in $VHOST ..."
	echo "127.0.0.1\t$1.dev" >> /etc/hosts
	echo "/etc/host updated ..."

	apachectl restart
	mate $DIR
	open http://$1.dev

	echo ""
	echo "Done!"
else
	echo "usage: sudo treyvhost directory"
fi

Thinking of replacing the v-host with pythons simple server

cd the dir then:
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

Running the vhost stuff seem to break my local apache setup. At least for me.