VisualEditor/Testing in user space without dæmons

TL;DR
Run three servers in three different terminal windows: Browse to the mediawiki instance on localhost:8888. It calls parsoid on  which calls mediawiki on. This is necessary because  is single-threaded.
 * Mediawiki on port 8888:  
 * Parsoid on port 8000:  
 * Mediawiki on port 8889:  

Install everything
You might want other extensions too, e.g.:

Set up MediaWiki
Browse to http://localhost:8888/ and follow the install instructions to use sqlite and generate

Append the following to :

Set up Parsoid
Edit  to ensure the following URI set:

Execute
Then run the three servers as shown in the summary, and browse to localhost:8888.