How to prevent http file caching in Apache httpd (MAMP)
.htaccess, apache, http-headers, mamp
Solution
Tried this? Should work in both `.htaccess`, `httpd.conf` and in a `VirtualHost` (usually placed in `httpd-vhosts.conf` if you have included it from your httpd.conf)
<filesMatch "\.(html|htm|js|css)$">
FileETag None
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"
Header set Pragma "no-cache"
Header set Expires "Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT"
</ifModule>
</filesMatch>
100% Prevent Files from being cached
This is similar to how google ads employ the header Cache-Control: private, x-gzip-ok="" > to prevent caching of ads by proxies and clients.
From http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/using-http-headers-with-htaccess.html
And optionally add the extension for the template files you are retrieving if you are using an extension other than `.html` for those.
Problem
I am developing a single page Javascript application in MAMP. My JavaScript and HTML template files are getting cached between requests. Is there a simple way to indicate in MAMP that I want to prevent http file caching? Possibly with a `.htaccess` file? Where do I place the `.htaccess` or modify the virtual host for MAMP on Mac?