Local web server for development/testing

[adapap]

A local web server will allow tests to function as expected. In theory, this should also expedite development as one will not need to manually load the extension into the browser.

[This extension] uses Selenium to emulate a Chrome runtime.
[Webserver implementation] to improve development workflow and support automated testing.
Needed for #14 to provide value.

[dyc3]

Why a web server? Is there not a way to automatically put an extension into a browser and load that?

[adapap]

I just added a hot-reload plugin which has the extension query its local files to see if there were changes (after all, they are tied to your computer's filesystem). So a webserver may not be necessary anymore. Still need to fix webpack development which doesn't rebuild everything properly.

[adapap]

However, I do think we have to emulate the browser in order to write any tests that work before uploading the extension.