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Samantha North
9,450 PointsDisplaying Ajax widgets outside of workspaces
Can anyone recommend a good way to display the widgets outside of workspaces? I heard that MAMP may work for this, but are there any other ways?
4 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsIt just depends on what you're working on.
If you want sometime like the TH Workspaces, you should check out Cloud 9.
If you're working in a framework like Ruby on Rails, they include their own server, so it just kind of "works".
And MAMP is a great alternative when you just need a basic Apache server for a simple php project.
Samantha North
9,450 PointsThanks Kevin. Cloud9 looks good.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsI use Cloud9 a lot as it's super portable. It allows me to code anywhere. I've borrowed friends laptops before, and coded on that with Cloud9
Samantha North
9,450 PointsWould web pages using Ajax widgets also work with Heroku? I'm looking for an easy way to display my projects to potential employers.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsAbsolutely, anything that provides a server to respond to an ajax call will work for you. Heroku is a nice production ready server platform, that does offer a free tier, so it's a great solution for some ajax projects that you can host for free.
Samantha North
9,450 PointsAwesome! many thanks for your suggestions