Sometimes it is necessary to test your local code using a secured protocol (https). All browsers have the capability to interact with secured web servers using the SSL protocol. Fortunately, if you are developing on a .NET stack, IIS makes this relatively easy by using self-signed certificates. This brief tutorial assumes that you have a good understanding of IIS and .NET development. Open IIS and select your root machine/server instance within the ‘Connections’ pane on the left Within the ‘Features View’ pane, find and duble-click on the ‘Server Certificates’ icon Within the ‘Actions’ pane on the far right, select ‘Create Self-Signed Certificate’ Give your certificate any friendly name (it doesn’t matter what), then complete the Wizard Now that you have created a certificate for your local server, you will just need to assign it to the site(s) you are working with.

Have you ever been developing a site locally and wanted to test your work on all of your devices? For instance, I am working on a couple of responsive Node apps on my laptop, but I wanted to be able to run those apps on my tablet or phone connected over Wifi to my LAN. So after a little research and pulling together some resources, I was able to get it working.

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