From 0a1d4b26457077afc9e58160086f3606883b49bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Johnson <seniorflexdeveloper@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use grunt connect for development

---
 Gruntfile.js | 9 +++++++++
 package.json | 1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index bea327ba8..8158e6dd4 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       files: [ 'src/**/*', 'test/unit/*.js', 'Gruntfile.js' ],
       tasks: 'dev'
     },
+    connect: {
+      dev: {
+        options: {
+          port: 9999,
+          keepalive: true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     copy: {
       minor: {
         files: [
@@ -183,6 +191,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     }
   });
 
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-jshint');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-qunit');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2bf70b698..7a749d9c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.0",
     "grunt": "~0.4",
+    "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.7.1",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.4.3",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.1.4",
     "grunt-contrib-qunit": "~0.2.1",

From d1d97bfe9bab7031c797f01ec3bce767a3612789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Johnson <seniorflexdeveloper@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:38:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update contributing doc with grunt commands

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c38dfc0d6..4ec5596d6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -183,15 +183,24 @@ cp sandbox/index.html.example sandbox/index.html
 open sandbox/index.html
 ```
 
-> #### NOTE: Testing Flash Locally in Chrome
-> Chrome 21+ (as of 2013/01/01) doens't run Flash files that are local and loaded into a locally accessed page (file:///).
+
+### Testing Locally
+A simple Connect server is available via the Grunt plugin. The commands below will allow you to setup a test sandbox and begin development.
+
+```bash
+cp sandbox/index.html.example sandbox/index.html
+grunt connect
+open http://localhost:9999/sandbox/index.html
+```
+
+> NOTES regarding local testing in Chrome 21+ (as of 2013/01/01)
+> Flash files that are local and loaded into a locally accessed page (file:///) will NOT run.
 > To get around this you can do either of the following:
 >
-> 1. Do your development and testing using a local HTTP server.
+> 1. Do your development and testing using a local HTTP server. See Grunt commands above.
 >
 > 2. [Disable the version of Flash included with Chrome](http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-google-chrome.html#How_can_I_run_debugger_or_alternate_versions_of_Flash_Player_in_Google_Chrome) and enable a system-wide version of Flash instead.
 
-
 Commit and push changes as you go (using git directly). Write thorough descriptions of your changes in your commit messages.
 
 ```bash