manuelmdn

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

manuelmdn

var http = require('http'),
    util = require('util'),
    formidable = require('formidable'),
    server;

server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
  if (req.url == '/') {
    res.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/html'});
    res.end(
      "<div align='center'>"+