From 244a8804960308f3ada677cbfc61715502f5aa21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pratik Borsasdiya <pratikborsadiya@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 15:31:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add NodeJs development server

---
 .gitignore         |  2 --
 README.md          | 18 ++++++++++++------
 node-dev-server.js | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 package.json       |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 node-dev-server.js

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61d78de..c2658d7 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 node_modules/
-dist/local.js
-*/local.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfd4ae2..156d946 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,20 +8,26 @@ Vali is a free, modular and easy to customize admin theme built using [Bootstrap
 
 Run a `npm install` command in project root directory to install and build dependencies. If you don't want to edit theme you can use the compiled files inside `docs` folder.
 
-Use `npm run dev` task to watch and compile source files.
-Use `npm run build` task to compile all source files.
+Use `npm run dev` command to watch and compile source files.
 
-## Customiztion
-For more information about customizing theme colors please follow this [guide](http://pratikborsadiya.in/blog/vali-admin/).
+Use `npm run build` command to compile all source files.
+
+Use `npm run start` command to start a development server using NodeJs.
+
+> **Note:**
+> * The NodeJs server mentioned in `npm run start` command is for development purpose only. DONOT use it as a production server.
+
+## Customization
+For more information about customizing theme colors please follow the official [documentation](http://pratikborsadiya.in/blog/vali-admin/).
 
 ## RTL Support
-Please follow this [guide](http://pratikborsadiya.in/blog/vali-admin/) to enable RTL support.
+Please follow the official [documentation](http://pratikborsadiya.in/blog/vali-admin/) to enable RTL support.
 
 ## Contributors
 
 * **[Pratik Borsadiya](http://pratikborsadiya.in)** - *Project Author*
 
-See the list of [contributors](https://github.com/pratikborsadiya/vali-admin/graphs/contributors) who participated in this project.
+List of [contributors](https://github.com/pratikborsadiya/vali-admin/graphs/contributors) who participated in this project.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/node-dev-server.js b/node-dev-server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f2a68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-dev-server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Node JS development server for Vali Admin
+
+var http = require("http"),
+	url = require("url"),
+	path = require("path"),
+	fs = require("fs")
+	port = process.argv[2] || 8888;
+
+http.createServer(function(request, response) {
+	var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname,
+		filename = path.join(process.cwd(), 'docs', uri);
+
+	var extname = path.extname(filename);
+	var contentType = 'text/html';
+
+	switch (extname) {
+		case '.js': contentType = 'text/javascript'; break;
+		case '.css': contentType = 'text/css'; break;
+		case '.ico': contentType = 'image/x-icon'; break;
+		case '.svg': contentType = 'image/svg+xml'; break;
+	}
+	
+	fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
+		if(!exists) {
+			response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
+			response.write("404 Not Found\n");
+			response.end();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (fs.statSync(filename).isDirectory()) filename += '/index.html';
+
+		fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, file) {
+			if(err) {
+				response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
+				response.write(err + "\n");
+				response.end();
+				return;
+			}
+			response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': contentType});
+			response.write(file, "binary");
+			response.end();
+		});
+	});
+}).listen(parseInt(port, 10));
+
+console.log("Server is running on http://localhost:" + port );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 011f5b7..2c5183d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "grunt watch",
-    "build": "grunt build"
+    "build": "grunt build",
+    "start": "node node-dev-server.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",