Learn Three.js - Third Edition

Npm-based web server if you've worked with Node.js

If you've already done some work with Node.js, there is good chance you've got npm installed. With npm, you have two simple options to set up a quick local web server for testing. The first option uses the http-server module, as follows:

     > npm install -g http-server
     > http-server
    Starting up http-server, serving ./ on port: 8080
    Hit CTRL-C to stop the server

Alternatively, you can also use the simple-http-server option, as follows:

    > npm install -g simple-http-server
    > nserver
    simple-http-server Now Serving: /Users/jos/git/Physijs at http://localhost:8000/

A disadvantage of this second approach, however, is that it doesn't automatically show directory listings when browsing the sources, ...