how do i run a development rails app / website on an ipod

Question

I have a app / site that i am running on my local imac and i want to test it on my ipad browser.

Can connect to my imac localhost rails app throught the wifi wit

Answer 1

I use proxylocal ngrok for this:

$ ngrok http 3000
ngrok by @inconshreveable                                                                                                                       (Ctrl+C to quit)

Session Status                online
Account                       Sergio (Plan: Free)
Version                       2.2.8
Region                        United States (us)
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    http://be278635.ngrok.io -> localhost:3000
Forwarding                    https://be278635.ngrok.io -> localhost:3000

Connections                   ttl     opn     rt1     rt5     p50     p90
                              0       0       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00

Now you can open http://be278635.ngrok.io from your ipad without worrying about your machine's ip address.