Server on the Client
Wondering what it means? I got to know about the “Plain Old Web Server” through the Ajaxian post “POW: Excuse me sir, you seem to have a server in your client“. POW is a Firefox plug-in that can run a server on the browser. I installed the extension and tried playing around with few HTMLS’ and JavaScript, gave a cool feeling of running a web server on the system. But why does one need a web server to run on the browser? Here is a copy paste of copy paste from Ajaxian.
The Plain Old Webserver uses Server-side Javascript (SJS) to run a server inside your browser. Use it to distribute files from your browser. It supports Server-side JS, GET, POST, uploads, Cookies, SQLite and AJAX. It has security features to password-protect your site. Users have created a wiki, chat room and search engine using SJS.
This version includes:
- Documentation to show you how to build a Server-side Javascript program.
- File uploading code
- SQLite interface for easy saving of persistent data
Really useful and handy.
