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Not to put too fine a point on it, but is > loading other files with XmlHttpRequest simple functionality? To me that actually does sound kind of like an 'adva

Not to put too fine a point on it, but is > loading other files with XmlHttpRequest simple functionality? To me that actually does sound kind of like an 'advanced' thing to even think of from a beginner's perspective... i.e. someone who's just trying to learn to make a web page with perhaps a little bit of interaction. (But then, maybe my idea of a beginner's level of ambition is hopelessly old-fashioned, I don't know.) I do think that it would be great if there were a way to tell a web browser through its Dev-thingy to actually serve a folder to itself as if it were served by a bona-fide web server with HTTPS. I mean, it's not that hard to start a python-http-module-server, or install the npm module 'http-server' (or whatever it's called), but y'know... EDIT: I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I think it may be a matter of degree.

jimbosis 7y ago
> I do think that it would be great if there were a way to tell a web browser through its Dev-thingy to actually serve a folder to itself as if it were served by a bona-fide web server with HTTPS. I'd like to plug Beaker Browser as an amazing tool for getting started with barebones HTML, CSS, and JS. I would say Beaker marvelously fulfills this wish for a browser to serve a folder to itself. https://beakerbrowser.com/ https://beakerbrowser.com/ Because it is built around the peer-to-peer dat:// protocol, it also ends up being "local-first" regarding web pages that you write with it (as well as sites that you decide to seed). @staltz has an interesting presentation on the utility of Beaker Browser: https://staltz.com/beaker-frontend-dev-dream-browser/#0 https://staltz.com/beaker-frontend-dev-dream-browser/#0 On the other hand, I don't know enough to speak to Beaker's capabilities with XmlHttpRequest.
nkrisc 7y ago
When I was a teenager learning how the web works I used the free version for MAMP for this. It was super straightforward, as I recall. Open it up, choose a folder, and serve. I think it even included PHP.

jimbosis 7y ago

> I do think that it would be great if there were a way to tell a web browser through its Dev-thingy to actually serve a folder to itself as if it were served by a bona-fide web server with HTTPS. I'd like to plug Beaker Browser as an amazing tool for getting started with barebones HTML, CSS, and JS. I would say Beaker marvelously fulfills this wish for a browser to serve a folder to itself. https://beakerbrowser.com/ https://beakerbrowser.com/ Because it is built around the peer-to-peer dat:// protocol, it also ends up being "local-first" regarding web pages that you write with it (as well as sites that you decide to seed). @staltz has an interesting presentation on the utility of Beaker Browser: https://staltz.com/beaker-frontend-dev-dream-browser/#0 https://staltz.com/beaker-frontend-dev-dream-browser/#0 On the other hand, I don't know enough to speak to Beaker's capabilities with XmlHttpRequest.

nkrisc 7y ago

When I was a teenager learning how the web works I used the free version for MAMP for this. It was super straightforward, as I recall. Open it up, choose a folder, and serve. I think it even included PHP.