Simple HTTPServer in Local Machine
I was trying to setup a local webserver. I need it because, I was learning D3 a javascript library after getting to know about it from Geeks Night session.
First I was downloading MAMP, but due to awesome internet connectivity I almost lost my patience since it was taking more than 40 minutes to download. On searching in internet for other options I found that there is a charm in Mac OS X due to preinstalled Python.
If we are trying with HTML,CSS and javascript this option will be very usefull.
Try the below in Terminal Window
python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port-number> &
This will start a local HTTP server in your Mac.
Access it via browser in below url
http://localhost:<port-number>/
In order to shutdown the server just close the Terminal window.
I learned it from this link
I am very late in learning this :(