The run serve command is used to start a production-like server for the project located at https://github.com/trackjs/javascript-gameshow/. This command is defined in the package.json file of the project with the following configuration:
"scripts": {
...
"serve": "sirv build --cors --single --http2 --host gameshow.local --port 8443 --key /Users/todd/code/_certs/gameshow.local.key --cert /Users/todd/code/_certs/gameshow.local.crt"
...
}
The serve script uses the sirv package to start a server. The sirv package is a production-ready server for static files, with additional features like data serving, caching, and livereload.
Here are the possible options for the run serve command, with examples:
--cors: Enables Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) by setting the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to *. This allows resources to be requested from different domains.
Example: npm run serve -- --cors
--single: Serves the application as a single-page application (SPA). This means that all requests, except for the initial request, will return theindex.htmlfile.
Example: npm run serve -- --single
--http2: Enables HTTP/2 protocol. This protocol improves the performance of web applications by allowing multiple concurrent requests and responses over a single connection.
Example: npm run serve -- --http2
--host: Sets the hostname or IP address of the server. This option is useful when running the server on a different host than the default localhost.
Example: npm run serve -- --host 192.168.1.100
--port: Sets the port number of the server. This option is useful when running the server on a different port than the default 8080.
Example: npm run serve -- --port 3000
--keyand--cert: Sets the SSL/TLS certificate and key files for HTTPS. This option is useful when running the server over a secure connection.
Example: npm run serve -- --key /path/to/key.pem --cert /path/to/cert.pem
For more information about the sirv package and its options, you can refer to the official documentation at https://github.com/lukeed/sirv.
