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Programming guidelines: Server
The microserver is aimed at people creating components for guardian.co.uk
The intended target audience is web developers with a strong level of HTML, CSS and Javascript knowledge.
Developers should be confident in navigating the file system using a command line terminal.
Microserver requires Java 1.6 to run. To test what version of Java you have installed type java -version in a terminal.
If you do not have the correct version of Java installed you can get it here.
Microserver is a small application to assist 3rd party developers to build simple components for guardian.co.uk
The Microserver allows you to place a simple piece of html (called a component) on a local copy of a Guardian web page.
It also allows you to include one css file and one javascript file if these are needed.
Example of a component on guardian.co.uk
