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Bruno Dias
10,554 PointsRun this app locally
How can I run this app locally? I am trying to follow along using my own workspace. Do I need to use npm?
3 Answers
Bruno Dias
10,554 PointsFor those who want to follow using their own workspace, I installed npm http-server. It working fine with no errors.
Bruno Dias
10,554 PointsYou should use http-server -o
Ryan Foster
7,297 PointsThat worked thank you!
Ryan Foster
7,297 PointsI'm running the command "http-server scripts/app.js" the server starts up and provides me with a port number. Whenever I try to connect to it in the browser I receive a download file. This occurs on both chrome and mozilla. Do i need to do some sort of setting configuration?
George Kiknadze
837 PointsTry to run 'http-server .' with dot inside your application directory/folder. App.js is not the starting file, user should visit .html file, in our case index.html. This means you can run 'http-server . ' or 'http-server index.html'