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Running Codekit on OSX 10.8.4.

I can drag the file into a browser and see reloads take place on save. If I try to access files at localhost, the browser tells me it cannot connect.

In other words, this works:


but this does not:


Any ideas about fixing this?

Edit: I also tried


Here's a screenshot of my codekit screen

and setup dialog

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CodeKit 1.x does not have a server built-in to it and, thus, will not serve pages. In the demo videos on the website, I'm running MAMP in the background, which is set to host a given folder at (which maps to "localhost").

You can use MAMP or you can set up a server with Node.js, Ruby or the Apache stack built-in to OS X itself.

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Thank you! Will code kit run .erb files / execute partials etc? –  aaandre Jul 2 '13 at 4:33
Nope. For that you'd need a Ruby server. –  Bryan Jul 4 '13 at 2:54
Any recommendations? I imagine this is a common development pattern. –  aaandre Jul 4 '13 at 6:13
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