May 2017
— I would disagree
You need a web server, configure it, configure PHP etc... node can be installed and spun up as fast as you can type node server.js
node server.js
— Python, too
— $ npm i http-server -g$ http-server
— You can even type the JS right into the REPL because it's so small
— And the python
— I stand corrected by myself as I just googled it and it's:
$ cd ~/public_html$ php -S localhost:8000
Message permanent page
— Php works standalone too now I've heard
— Yep
— It's just for developmen though right?
— At least last I heard
— Yup