Understanding the Modern Web Stack: Running a Local Web Server

• create-react-app

  575 101,853 1.5 JavaScript

  Set up a modern web app by running one command.

  

Many tools these days including webpack and create-react-app come packaged with commands to spin up a local server built into them. However this tutorial is going to focus on the absolute simplest options available to getting a basic server up and running yourself to load an HTML file in your browser.

• webpack

  330 64,160 9.8 JavaScript

  A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

  

Many tools these days including webpack and create-react-app come packaged with commands to spin up a local server built into them. However this tutorial is going to focus on the absolute simplest options available to getting a basic server up and running yourself to load an HTML file in your browser.

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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