Reavel

Develop, build and Run react + laravel on one server without using laravel mix

Details

This setup contains Laravel 5.8.*(check in composer.json) and react 16.8.4(check in package.json)

The source files for reactJs are located in the /src folder.

Setup

Follow this guide to setup project:

1. Clone repo with the command - git clone https://github.com/emekadev/reavel.git
2. Copy the .env.example file to a .env file in the same directory
3. Run npm install
4. Run composer install && composer update

Your project is now ready to be served.

Compile React

Use the command npm start to compile react.

This setup makes use of HMR so the App will be updated whenever you make changes to the react/javascript files

Start Laravel

You can start up your php server with php artisan serve then go to http://localhost:8000 on your browser

Note: Make sure you run npm start before firing up your php development server so that laravel can have access to the compiled react/javascript files.

When your app is ready for deployment, run npm run build and change APP_ENV in your env file to 'production'. Laravel will now read the built version of your react app and can be deployed to a server together with the app.js file in the /public.js/ folder.

If you are advanced user feel free to clone the repo and modify to suit your personal needs

TODO:

• Create a laravel helper to detect host for asset instead of using if/else