pixi won't run locally about pixijs HOT 8 CLOSED

Thanks very much :)

I absolutely love the idea of you teaching pixi.js to your students! Unfortunately getting webGL textures to work locally is a bit of a pain. For security reasons, JavaScript is only allowed to access resources from the same domain.

The pixi.js CanvasRender runs fine locally so you could use that maybe?

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You can run it in Firefox if you set the "security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy" preference to false in about:config.

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@Nibbler999 I'd like to use Chrome because that's the only browser that supports live editing with WebStorm, plus there are some other plugins not available in Firefox we use.

CanvasRenderer is fine, I'll have them use that for now. Unfortunately they won't get as wowed by the amazing speed without WebGL. Does it make sense to check the URL of the webpage the JavaScript is on and if it starts with file:/// then use the CanvasRenderer, otherwise use the regular mechanism in the autoDetectRenderer function?

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A really easy way is to install Python (if you don't already have it). Then from the directory that has your html/js/css in it, just type:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

or, if you're on Python 3:

python -m http.server

Then you would just point chrome at http://127.0.0.1:8000

There are additional tips and tricks here:
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/How-to-run-things-locally

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@ateoto thank you. I don't want to use a webserver for the reasons cited above. These are kids as young as 6 we're teaching. Your link was insightful. I didn't know there was a configuration parameter in Chrome. However, I'm a bit nervous to have these kids go home with links to security lessened browsers...

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My apologies, that's what happens when I skim through things. I just took a quick look at WebStorm and it seems as though starting with version 6, it includes a built-in HTTP server, couldn't find any specific documentation on the feature though.

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@ateoto I had no idea about that built-in HTTP server!! This is so helpful, it works amazing! Thanks.

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