add server gulp task to run a webserver

README.md

@@ -113,3 +113,5 @@ Use this markup for a quick demo
 ### __Running / Development__
 
 * open ```docs/index.html``` in browser
+
+> Or you can use `gulp server` and visit `http://localhost:8080` in Chrome browser, to avoid `XMLHttpRequest Cross origin requests` error.

gulpfile.js

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ var gulp    = require('gulp');
 var plugins = require('gulp-load-plugins')();
 var browserSync = require('browser-sync');
 
+/**
+ * Run a webserver (with LiveReload)
+ */
+gulp.task('server', function() {
+    plugins.connect.server({
+        root: '.',
+        fallback: './index.html',
+        port: 8080,
+        livereload: true
+    });
+});
+
 /**
  * Keep multiple browsers & devices in sync when building websites.
  */
@@ -51,7 +63,7 @@ gulp.task('build', function () {
 /**
  * developing: rebuild after coding
  */
-gulp.task('default', ['build', 'browser-sync', 'watch']);
+gulp.task('default', ['build', 'browser-sync', 'watch', 'server']);
 
 /**
  * publish: build then bump version

package.json

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "gulp-cache": "~0.1.3",
     "gulp-clean": "~0.2.4",
     "gulp-concat": "~2.2.0",
+    "gulp-connect": "^2.3.1",
     "gulp-jshint": "~1.6.0",
     "gulp-load-plugins": "~0.5.1",
     "gulp-remove-use-strict": "0.0.2",