Workbench

Workbench is a quick and simple local web server for prototyping web applications and sites. It supports HAML, SASS and Compass out of the box.

The first step is to install the gem:

gem install work-bench

Workbench comes with command line utility workbench.

Next we need to create project.

mkdir project
cd project
workbench init

Inside project directory run:

workbench start

Now type in browser http://localhost:4000. And you will see the start page.

You can export your work using:

workbench export

By default the project will export to a folder export.

Type workbench for more help and options.

You can specify the JS libraries to be used in your project.

workbench init --js jquery json

List of libraries available:

workbench js

You can add awesome normalize.css to project. Just use --normalize or --no-normalize in options. This feature is enabled by default.

workbench init --normalize