First, I’ve got to say that I love the POW!! website.
Now, let me tell you what the heck Pow is:
Pow is a zero-config Rack server for Mac OS X. Have it serving your apps locally in under a minute.
Now, that’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Here’s the sauce:
Pow
There are no configuration and preference panes and pains to worry about. Nothing to update. You don’t even need to edit /etc/hosts. Type the single command, and you’re done.
Maintenance
Pow laughs in the face of maintenance. It is a neat and tidy, self-contained server that runs as your user without root privileges. No Apache extensions to compile or gems to install. One command installs and upgrades Pow.
Me likey.
Ruby Love
Do you love Ruby? So does Pow.
With full support for rvm and Bundler, Pow makes it simple to run multiple apps at once, each with its own version of Ruby and its own set of gems. Testing your apps on alternative runtimes like Rubinius has never been easier. And gem activation errors are finally a thing of the past.
Are you still reading?
Go get it!
Download
Check out the Pow screencast, read the manual, and get some Pow from their website.
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