tchardin/express-react

Express/React boilerplate

express-react

This is the most simple Boilerplate in the world for starting projects with React on the front end with Express server and server render.

Getting Started

Before starting a React project just make sure you actually need all that fire power. If not maybe just use Vue?

Installing

Install the dependencies

npm install

Running the app

Compile with webpack running the script with the following command

npm run dev

Start the server

npm start

Deployment

Run production build of React with webpack command

webpack -p

Create Heroku staging with Heroku command line (optional)

heroku create --remote staging

Push Heroku staging

git push staging master

Create Heroku production

heroku create --remote production

Push Heroku production

git push production master