Open the Command Prompt application on Windows
Install python, see the instructions here
Using the command line navigate to the project folder
In the hypothetical example below the project folder is stored in Documents/FEWD/Demos/mapbox_example
On your command line you would do the following (do not type ‘$’, your text input on the command line should with cd):
$ cd Documents/FEWD/Demos/mapbox_example
Run python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 to start the local server
Open your browser and navigate http://localhost:8000
At this point your project will be displayed in the browser and you will have successfully launched your project on a local server.
NOTE: To close the server press Ctrl-c to close the server when it is not in use