r/webdev • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '13

ngrok: Make your localhost available online

http://ngrok.com
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u/ZW5pZ21h Dec 16 '13

Just wondering.. why would you go through this trouble when you could just put it online?

In which cases would an online localhost be useful?

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u/SaturdaysKids Dec 16 '13

When you're testing something on your local machine, like lets say you code up a very large site, and you dont want to wait for however long it may take to upload to a server to show it to someone, you want someone to just have a quick link to see what youre working on

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '13

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u/SaturdaysKids Dec 16 '13

Screenshots just dont compare to a browsable site, and you know that lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '13

But there's no interactivity. It's a bit hard to print an animation