standStat is a small nodejs that let you deploy simply a static web serve. It helps you to distribute your application as a zip-file.
standStat is the abreviation of standalone static webserver.
In a bash-terminal, run:
git clone https://github.com/charlyoleg/standStat
cd standStat
npm install
npm run
npm run build
cd ..
mkdir myApp
cd myApp
cp -a ../standStat/tests/public ./
cp ../standStat/dist/standStat.cjs ./
cp ../standStat/scr/linux_runs_standStat.sh ./
cp ../standStat/scr/windows_runs_standStat.cmd ./
# adapt the starter scripts to your wished port-number and content-folder
vim linux_runs_standStat.sh windows_runs_standStat.cmd
# test that your pure frontend app is working
linux_runs_standStat.sh
# stop the server standStat with ctrl-c
cd ..
zip -r myApp.zip myApp
ls -l myApp.zip
# you can distribute your frontend app as a zip!The purpose of standStat is to create a nodejs application that serves a directory as static content. The generated application contents all its dependencies and doesn't depend on node_modules. This let you deploy a static content with its static web-server easily without having to run npm install. In other words, this small application is an alternative to nginx or apache used as static webserver.
standStat is thought for running local application. If you want an efficient server that supports thousands of connections, nginx or apache-httpd are better choices.
If you want to run a static webserver while using npm, you will be better with http-server or serve.
The source file static-webserver.js is a small express-js web-server that serves a static content. esbuild is used to bundle this nodejs to make it standalone. Now, you are free to copy and run the static webserver standStat.cjs just with nodejs i.e. without running any npm install.