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Web Browser

Summary‌

The web browser allows your users to view any local URL or static files located in /home/nt-user/workspace via a lightweight web browser.
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Features

The web browser includes a number of features:
  • Load any local URL or file
  • localhost support
  • Load URL via port (e.g localhost:3000 )
The project web browser is a lightweight simulated web browser that supports localhost, ports (e.g.localhost:3000), browser history, and page refreshes.
Next Tech web browser

Getting Started

To get started, take a look at the image below.
Example of a course using the web browser
Courses that use the web browser most often use Two Pane (Vertical) in the Interface Layout section of the Interface tab. Some courses that have the user develop a website best viewed full-sized can benefit from using a One Pane interface and instructing the user to open the preview in an external window.

Settings

File Proxy Port

The port to start the file proxy on (defaults to 8080 ). Changing allows you to run your own services on port 8080 instead.

Starting Browser URL

The URL to load in the web browser when the project is loaded. Supports templates (e.g. {{localhost}}).
For example:
Field Value
Shown in Project
Actual URL
{{localhost}}
localhost:8080
localhost:8080
{{localhost:8080}}
localhost:8080
localhost:8080
{{localhost:80}}
localhost
localhost:80
{{localhost:443}}
localhost
localhost:443
{{localhost:3000}}
localhost:3000
localhost:3000
{{localhost:3000}}/home
localhost:3000/home
localhost:3000/home