Allez - Multi-language dev app launcher

Allez (pronounced aah-lay) is a command-line tool to launch local web apps written in just about any language. To start an application, simply navigate to the app directory and type allez. This will start the server on http://localhost:8080 by default.

NOTE: This is still very new. I've only spent a couple hours on it so far, but I will improve upon it in the future. Feel free to submit a pull request if you'd like to contribute.

To do

• Heroku buildpack support (https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpack-api)
• Install runtime environments and servers by running allez install
• Language version manager integration (rvm/rbenv, nvm, etc.)
• Additional languages: Python, Java, Go, Erlang
• Auto-create *.dev domains a la Pow
• Add tests

Options

• --port=<number>, -p <number> Specify a different port number
• --dir=<app dir>, -d <app dir> Specify an app directory other than the current working directory

Supported languages

• PHP - Allez looks for an index.php file (currently requires PHP 5.4)
• Ruby/Rack - Allez looks for a config.ru file
• Node - Allez looks for app.js or server.js files
• Static - All other types will currently be served as static files. This allows you to serve static sites through a development server easily
• More coming soon…

Installation

git clone git@github.com:okalex/allez.git
cd allez
gem build allez.gemspec
gem install ./allez-0.0.1.gem

NOTE: This will be added to rubygems soon.