On: PDF Reader in JavaScript

[lisperforlife]

To simply start an arbitrary HTTP server to serve up files in a directory I use python's SimpleHTTPServer. This works on most Linux and Mac boxes as they package python along with the distribution or the OS.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

This serves the files off the current folder under port 8000.

[bergie → lisperforlife]

Something similar for Node.js: https://github.com/balupton/simple-server