Tiny server that allows working with static files or anything else written in Ruby.

server.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# In order to run:
# > ruby server.rb
# 
# Or add execution permissions and run:
# > ./server.rb
#
# Then point your browser to http://localhost:1234/your_file.html

require 'webrick'
class NonCachingFileHandler < WEBrick::HTTPServlet::FileHandler
  def prevent_caching(res)
    res['ETag']          = nil
    res['Last-Modified'] = Time.now + 100**4
    res['Cache-Control'] = 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0'
    res['Pragma']        = 'no-cache'
    res['Expires']       = Time.now - 100**4
  end
  
  def do_GET(req, res)
    super
    prevent_caching(res)
  end

end

server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => 1234
server.mount "/", NonCachingFileHandler , './'
trap('INT') { server.stop }
server.start