Lightweight development only node server that serves a web app, opens it in the browser, refreshes when html or javascript change, injects CSS changes using sockets, and has a fallback page when a route is not found.
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Node lite-server: how to route a request to the contents of an arbitrary file
I have an SPA that requests data at a specific REST url, say, "/things".
In my production server, this request is handled by a query to a database and the construction of JSON to represent the result. Nothing fancy.
How would I configure lite-server…

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websockets with lite-server and http-proxy-middleware
In my development environment I have to proxy requests as well as websocket connections to the respective backend service.
For this I am using lite-server and http-proxy-middleware.
My lite server config file looks like this:
var proxyMiddleware =…

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Angular 2 forms
I am developing an application in angular 2 + typeScript+
lite server.I found a very rare behavior of it.I had developed a web page which includes text box.If I hit the web page in 2 different browsers of 2 different machines, my web page pops up…

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Config lite-server special structure angular 2
I have a problem to start and debug due solution structure (And I can't modify it)!
Here is my structure:
In the tsconfig.json is configured to transcompile all files to dist/out-tsc and all typescript and html files are in src/app, except…

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lite-server pathing for local development
as long as i keep everything in my rootfolder, leveraging tsc/npm scripts and lite-server with JIT compiling works perfectly fine
i.e.
project_folder
bs-config.js
index.html //with ref to
src/
main.ts
//main.js
//main.js.map
app/
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How to properly configure multiple routes in lite-server
I'm using the lite-server to develop an Angular application. I have the following project structure, very simple:
build/
foo/
index.html (references foo.js script)
bar/
index.html (references bar.js…

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lite-server does not load scripts from parent directory in Angular 2 app
I am trying to run my application using the lite-server node package but it won't load scripts from the parent directory.
I want my index.html in the /src folder because it could be possible in the future to generate a different file to /dist.…

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Different root for Node lite-server than the folder holding package.json?
Node newbie. I want to have Node's lite-server use a parent folder of my app as the http root, so that my app code can be saved within a subfolder from the html:
/index.html -- want lite-server to serve this
/js/angularApp/package.json -- location…

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grunt in watch mode and node.js lite-server
Is there a way to start node.js's lite-server from grunt?
I have grunt in watch mode and to use both at the same time I need to open two command prompt (windows). I'd prefer to start both with one grunt command - if possible.

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Angular2 - How to configure for lite-server to use F5 (refresh page)?
I have a problem with lite-server when run with angular2.
First, i run command: npm run lite It worked on browser default.
Second, i click Address link and redirect to URL: base_ULR/address and i press F5 key. It worked, but now, root URL alway is…

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How to run angular 2 app in background
i have already tried following solution but it is not working.
sudo forever start -c "npm start" ./
and package.json file is something like this, look at the start command: (this is not full package.json)
"name": "angular2-quickstart",
…

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404 not found when posting data with angular2
I am currently developing a web application with angular2. I followed the Tour of Heroes tutorial to get the basics. So, my local server setup and application architecture is the same one.
I now need to perform a POST request to a static file. I…

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Angular2 Quickstart lite-server crashes
Good Morning people from the Internet,
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While following the Angular2 Quickstart guide I have experienced many times issues where lite-server would crash just after executing npm start. Crash would look like this in your terminal:
ERR! Linux…

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wrong url in request by refreshing page in SPA/page.js working on dev lite-server
I have SPA with page.js for routing running localy on a dev server.
the DB sever is runned on http://localhost:3030 port
dev server: http://localhost:3000
If initiate page with params in its url for first time there is no problem: borwser loads…

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Live Server vs Lite Server
Just starting with JavaScript. Do I have to have Lite Server or can I use VS Code's Liveserver extension instead? Any research I've done on the topic leads into node.js, package.json, and NPMs which I don't understand.
If Lite Server is needed, do…

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