> Your example implies that developer has node installed, and expects the developer to run a server from within node, and then understand how the server handles

> Your example implies that developer has node installed, and expects the developer to run a server from within node, and then understand how the server handles URLs to functions The OP's example implies that the developer has Apache and PHP installed at a minimum and that Apache is set to proxy requests to PHP. This requires SSH and starting Apache. I remember doing this back when I first configured my first LAMP server, though most hosting companies will do this for you and usually as part of a cPanel setup (even more dependencies). > Additionally, as you mention, changes to file require server restarts, or building a self reload capability In fact, I said just the opposite.