Easiest way to serve a webpage from laptop and test on smartphone

Question

I'm developing a webpage, and I'd like to test it on a real mobile browser. I have the local html file, what's the simplest way I can access it and interact with it on my phone?

Ideally I'd like to "set and forget", so I can just type an address in my browser phone, and if I'm on the same network as my work computer, it'll load the HTML.

Setup a web server? As-is, this is too broad of a question. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Feb 25 '14 at 20:47 — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Feb 25 '14 at 20:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '14 at 20:50

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You need to set up a webserver on your laptop. You use the local private IP address of your laptop on your phone's browser to connect when they are both on the same network.

answered Feb 25 '14 at 20:50

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Easiest way to serve a webpage from laptop and test on smartphone

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