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Posted by Leon Erasmus
Leon Erasmus
4,217 Points

How do I test website on phones/tablet during development?

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has a simple solution for testing a locally built website (Plain Html/css/javascript) on physical devices before the site goes live?

Thanks

2 Answers

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

I'm currently using a gulp environment with broswer-sync that allows me to view my development on multiply devices. You don't need gulp to use browser-sync but you do need node.js

Moses Gangipogu
Moses Gangipogu
3,772 Points
Moses Gangipogu
Moses Gangipogu
3,772 Points

if you have install LAMP or WAMP you can just your ip address and access using that if address from you device i should work example : http://MyPublicIpHere/mypage.html this should work for getting the IP use (ifconfig/ipconfig) (it should work with w/lamp but i am not sure, i have never tried it)

but rather i would suggest doing it the right way, try doing TDD(test driven development) after every small change in my code you must not retest the whole project manually it must automated

means i am doing a small change in my css and i need the test it then i would write some automated or unit test cases to test it across platform every time and ensure the integrity on my code.

hope that helps, moses