create-ssr-react-app

SSR React App

A server side rendered React app starter boilerplate.

Repository

https://github.com/wellspr/create-ssr-react-app

Install

npx create-ssr-react-app <project-name>

Run

cd <project-name> && npm start

Wait until build finishes then go to http://localhost:4000

Starting a development server

At the root of the project run

npm run dev

Wait until build finishes then go to http://localhost:4000.

Default port

The project's default port is set to 4000; to change this open the ./src/config/index.js file and edit it.

Creating a production build

At the root at the file run

npm run prod:build

To run the production build locally, at the root of the project run

npm run prod

Else, cd into the prod directory and run

npm run local

Deploy to gCloud

It is possible to build the project locally and deploy the contents of the prod directory into gCloud.

Get started editing

Config

Open the file ./src/config/index.js and edit the appBrandName and the githubLink to proper values. Also, you can change the app's port.

Pages

Each page corresponds to a specific route. To create a new page,

• Define your new page component inside the pages folder.

• The routes are controlled by the react router config. Go to routes/index.js and define a new route.

• Update components/AppNavbar/dropdownLinks.js and components/AppNavbar/topNavbarLinks.js accordingly.

Components

All components that don't define a route (or a page).

Redux

Redux is pre-configured and pre-wired for use.