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Simple local hosting

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Setup

Python on system path (or a way to set up localhost)
Knowledge of how to use system path variable
Basic CLI knowledge

Downloads

Get ngrok
Add ngrok to your system path (or bin folder on *NIX)

Do things

Navigate to directory
python -m SimpleHTTPServer (or just get something running on localhost, such as python manage.py runserver)
New tab/window of CLI in same directory
ngrok http localhost:8000 (or whatever your port # is)

Misc

Point a domain to your ngrok site
Get a paid plan for custom ngrok subdomains

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