snippet for someone

# Start an HTTP server from a directory, optionally specifying the port

function server() {
        local port="${1:-8000}"
        open "http://localhost:${port}/"
        # Set the default Content-Type to `text/plain` instead of `application/
        # And serve everything as UTF-8 (although not technically correct, this
        python -c $'import SimpleHTTPServer;\nmap = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTP
}