Phython web server

If you are on linux / OSX or inside a phyton environment you can start a web server on the fly simply recalling an alias from the terminal in your project folder.

Edit your bash profile and add the following line:

alias server='open http://localhost:8000 && python -m SimpleHTTPServer'

This feature is very useful when you are working in local host with a browser that disables by default the origin load (i.e. Chrome).

after inserted the alias inside the.bash_profile, refresh with the following command

source ~/.bash_profile

or restart you terminal. Now in the path of your project typeserverto open the web server.

Did you find useful this methodology for your webdev projects?