Rails React Starter

Fork of the clever and complex https://github.com/shakacode/react-webpack-rails-tutorial

We've stripped away some of the boilerplate unwanted for a starting point, including:

• node.js web server
• bootstrap
• (most of the) demo application(s)
• react intl

And we've added a starting point for app development, including:

• basic frontend controller connecting Rails data to redux store
• fonts in Rails asset pipeline

Installation

Start by following all the installation instructions here: https://github.com/shakacode/react-webpack-rails-tutorial -- make sure your machine is completely setup.

Notes on Development

Instead of running rails server and the like, this project uses foreman to manage running a rails server and webpack at the same time. You can use the foreman commands, or use the convenience scripts we've added:

Development commands

• Dev w/hot reload: rails runner scripts/start
• Dev w/o hot reload: rails runner scripts/start-dev

Then view localhost:5000 in a browser.

Note: if rails runner commands aren't working, try with bundle exec in from. Ex: bundle exec rails runner scripts/start

Compiling assets

1. run a dev w/o hot reload first. This tells webpack to compile files we'll need in the rails pipeline
2. stop running the above process once files are created
3. run rake assets:precompile. This puts asset files we need (like webfonts) into the public dir
4. run a dev with or without hot reload now. You're good to go