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>If you're even a half-serious developer, you're going to have a static IP or something like dyndns. You're also going to have your own domain, VPN, and port fo
by phlux 16y ago
>If you're even a half-serious developer, you're going to have a static IP or something like dyndns. You're also going to have your own domain, VPN, and port forwarding. Setting this up on your own network is trivial. You can use it no matter where you are, so long as you have internet. Just buy a cheapo router that supports DD-WRT, set up dyndns, and you're good to go.
Um,
Assume none of the above - and instead assume that I am a designer with a local copy of the new t-shirt site im making for my hipster clients - and I am working from the local Java Jungle, not behind my 'cheapo dd-wrt + dyndns +blah blah blah'
I want to show them a latest rev and get feed back.
Use this, and its no problem. Yours is doable, non-trivial and zero elegance.
- fookyong 16y agoemail it to them? call me oldschool, I know...
- maratd 16y agoSo, like, the cheapo dd-wrt router is always on, always connected to the internet, at your home/office. You set up your domain to point to it. You VPN to it from your Java Jungle. On Windows/Mac it's a simple as clicking a few buttons. On Linux, a single command at the prompt. That's it. You're done. The router routes the traffic to your lappie via the VPN. On top of that, you're using your own domain, which is more professional in my humble opinion. It's lappie.yourdomain.com and not lappie.theirdomain.com ... oh yeah, and it's free. Just get one of your nerd friends to set it up. Once it's up, it'll run forever.
- phlux 16y agoThis is all true, and I am sure a lot of us on HN do such things. But a fresh designer type prolly hasn't/won't. There is nothing wrong with your method, except that it is longer than "Step one."
- 18pfsmt 16y agoWow. I'm glad you said that. I've got experience with networks, but I can't design or code (I have utilized plenty of templates, libraries, and shell scripts written by others, but I'm not much of a creator). I simply looked over this segment of the populace. It's still a niche, and any criticism I've leveled in this thread is in the hope that they create better clients or an API for their service to make it more accessible, as it is too technocal still to make a difference outside of semi-technical people. This could be a great step forward in helping peopole understand, and take responsibility for their online presence.
- dedward 16y agoI'm sort of shocked that most web developers don't have at least one small virtual node somewhere out in the real world where they can demo things and/or forward ports....... But that's just me.
- Jimmyjacobson 16y agoIf it's a static site, copy it into your dropbox public directory and share the public link.
- robomc 16y agoIs anyone making sites where this would work, for money?