Running a local web-server to test a simple website is usually way harder than it has to be. In this video, we will look at a quick and simple way to run a local web-server without needing to download or configure anything. All you need is python (If you are on Mac or Linux, this is likely already installed). We will be using python’s SimpleHTTPServer. It’s literally as simple as navigating to your website folder and running the server. Let’s get started.

Command to run python’s SimpleHTTPServer on port 8000:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000