browser-quick-start

Start http server on path unique port and open default browser

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import browserQuickStart from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/browser-quick-start';
</script>

README

Why

I run into problems while developing a stand-alone es6 JavaScript library for multiplattform browser and node. I found out that es6 files have to run through a web server to avoid "Cross-Origin" problems. Found no simple web server that did what I wanted. webpack-dev-server was to heavy for my simple needs. Developed this tool that starts a webserver on localhost on a pseudorandom port and open a browser to that page. All with no dependencies except NodeJS

How to use

Raw

Copy "browser-quick-start.js" to your repo and run with ("/test/index.html" is the page you want to open.)

node browser-quick-start.js /test/index.html

NPM

  • Add "browser-quick-start" devDependencies in package.json

     "devDependencies": {
   "browser-quick-start": "^1.1.2"
 },

  • Add to script in package.json. ("/test/index.html" is the page you want to open.)

     "scripts": {
   "test": "browser-quick-start /test/index.html"
 },

  • Run "npm install"

  • Run "npm run test"