React & Express Starter Pack

A starter pack to easily use React with NodeJS and ExpressJS as a backend server and Webpack as "static module bundler"

Quick Start

• Clone this repo : git clone https://github.com/fred-lab/ReactExpressStarterPack.git

• Create a .env file : cp .env.dist .env
  Edit the value of SERVER_PORT with the port you want to use for the NodeJS server

• Install server dependencies : npm run server-install

• Start a server : For production environment, use the NodeJS server : npm run server-prod
  For development environment, use the Nodemon (to automatically reload the NodeJS server when a change is done on the server): npm run server-dev

• Install the project dependencies :
  From the package.json : npm install
  Or with the script : npm run install (remove the dependencies in package.json before launching this command to start the project with the most recents versions of each dependencies)

• Use Webpack to serve the file : npm run dev
  Or with hot-reloading npm run watch

Note : The NodeJS server provide the application on http://localhost:3000 by default. And Webpack with hot-reloading provide the application on http://localhost:8080 by default.