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Re:Showoff by senex on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @12:26PM (#2467234)

Thanks for bringing HTTPS up, that's another good use-case for Showoff. If you're developing a web app that needs to be tested with HTTPS and don't want to mess with creating a self-signed cert, Showoff can help you out.

It's also really nice for testing web hooks or API callback URLs against a local web server (e.g. ecommerce sites with IPN, &c). If you sign up for an unlimited account, you can choose a permanent URL to use for your tunnel (e.g. "my-name.showoff.io").

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Re:Showoff by bobwaycott on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @12:47PM (#2467338)

The latter feature is a pretty big deal, imo.

Working independently on a project or projects with distinct clients who either need or want to give input/feedback on feature development can be greatly alleviated: work up a quick prototype, show off from my local dev machine (never have to touch a server), call/IM my-name.showoff.io, and they get to see it right away, in the same medium they will eventually be using it. This is so much nicer than sending a wireframe or design of a feature.

The long-term benefit is that the my-name.showoff.io URL can be pretty easy to recall & reuse for any number of clients & features.

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