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From: Jim Homme
Date: Thu, Feb 22 2018 2:12PM
Subject: Local Dev Environment
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Hi,
Where would I find instructions for setting up a local web development environment I could use to test various JavaScript or other frameworks for accessibility either on Windows or Mac? Also, does it make sense for me to set up the Linux subsystem in Windows 10 for something llike this, or just what kind of set-up makes the most sense for a screen reader user with either Mac or Windows. Note that I am just now learning basic JavaScript and hope to get deeper into coding for accessibility in about six months.

Thanks.

Jim

=========Jim Homme
Team Lead
Digital Accessibility Group
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Thu, Feb 22 2018 2:27PM
Subject: Re: Local Dev Environment
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Jim,

Probably the easiest thing is to use Visual Studio, Visual Studio will set up a localhost web server where you can test things out. Though I have to say I do not find Visual Studio as intuitive as i was hoping.

On the Macintosh side in the Develop menu of Safari there is a item:
Disable Local File Restrictions
So if you enable that then you should be able to run JAVASCRIPT locally. There is also a Server version of MAcOS for about $20 that last I checked includes an easy to start/Stop web server. Though I have to say I have sometimes been able to run JS / HTML / CSS from any given random directory in my home directory by just opening the HTML file and having that file have relative path names.

Best Wishes,

Jonathan Cohn

> On Feb 22, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
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> Hi,
> Where would I find instructions for setting up a local web development environment I could use to test various JavaScript or other frameworks for accessibility either on Windows or Mac? Also, does it make sense for me to set up the Linux subsystem in Windows 10 for something llike this, or just what kind of set-up makes the most sense for a screen reader user with either Mac or Windows. Note that I am just now learning basic JavaScript and hope to get deeper into coding for accessibility in about six months.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
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>
> =========> Jim Homme
> Team Lead
> Digital Accessibility Group
> Bender Consulting Services
> 412-787-8567
> https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
>
> > > >

From: Cervone, Gian Carlo
Date: Thu, Feb 22 2018 2:36PM
Subject: Re: Local Dev Environment
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Jim:

MAMP on Mac or WAMP on Windoze. It is super-easy to setup, at least on Mac, and has worked really well for me (haven't used WAMP but it should be pretty easy too from what I hear). the pro version allows you to support several virtual hosts, but the free version might actually be enough for what you want. You can run pages in a local Apache or nginx server and look at hem in whatever browsers you want. I stay away from Windoze as much as possible so I can't really respond to the LINUX framework question.

Fell free to contact me if you'd like further info.

Best,

-= G =-

Gian Carlo Cervone
Web Manager
The College at Brockport
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On Feb 22, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Jim Homme < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >> wrote:

Hi,
Where would I find instructions for setting up a local web development environment I could use to test various JavaScript or other frameworks for accessibility either on Windows or Mac? Also, does it make sense for me to set up the Linux subsystem in Windows 10 for something llike this, or just what kind of set-up makes the most sense for a screen reader user with either Mac or Windows. Note that I am just now learning basic JavaScript and hope to get deeper into coding for accessibility in about six months.

Thanks.

Jim

=========Jim Homme
Team Lead
Digital Accessibility Group
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

From: paramasivam sivayogan
Date: Thu, Feb 22 2018 2:38PM
Subject: Re: Local Dev Environment
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On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 21:13, Jim Homme< = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote: Hi,
Where would I find instructions for setting up a local web development environment I could use to test various JavaScript or other frameworks for accessibility either on Windows or Mac? Also, does it make sense for me to set up the Linux subsystem in Windows 10 for something llike this, or just what kind of set-up makes the most sense for a screen reader user with either Mac or Windows. Note that I am just now learning basic JavaScript and hope to get deeper into coding for accessibility in about six months.

Thanks.

Jim

=========Jim Homme
Team Lead
Digital Accessibility Group
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions

From: Josh Schroder
Date: Thu, Feb 22 2018 2:47PM
Subject: Re: Local Dev Environment
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Hi Jim,

If you only plan to test JavaScript, HTML and CSS, then you don't need to create a server. JavaScript is executed client-side, so you can just work locally with (dot)html files in your browser.

However, if you need to run server-side code, such as PHP, ASP, Python, then you'll need to stand up an appropriate server on your machine.

When doing PHP development, I've traditionally used MAMP on Mac. There are equivalent products out there for Windows.

In my opinion, setting up a full-on Linux install on a Windows box would be overkill, unless you need full control over the server configuration or want to learn server administration.

Josh Schroder
Web Administrator II
Office of Strategic Communications
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(512) 936-8937