First, clone the project:
Then install dependencies and check to see it works. It is recommended that you use Yarn for deterministic installs, but npm install
will work just as well.
$ yarn install # Install project dependencies
$ yarn start # Compile and launch (same as `npm start`)
If everything works, you should see the following:
While developing, you will probably rely mostly on npm start
; however, there are additional scripts at your disposal:
npm run <script> |
Description |
---|---|
start |
Serves your app at localhost:3000 . HMR will be enabled in development. |
compile |
Compiles the application to disk (~/dist by default). |
dev |
Same as npm start , but enables nodemon for the server as well. |
test |
Runs unit tests with Karma and generates a coverage report. |
test:dev |
Runs Karma and watches for changes to re-run tests; does not generate coverage reports. |
deploy |
Runs linter, tests, and then, on success, compiles your application to disk. |
deploy:dev |
Same as deploy but overrides NODE_ENV to "development". |
deploy:prod |
Same as deploy but overrides NODE_ENV to "production". |
lint |
Lint all .js files. |
lint:fix |
Lint and fix all .js files. Read more on this. |
The application structure presented in this boilerplate is fractal, where functionality is grouped primarily by feature rather than file type. Please note, however, that this structure is only meant to serve as a guide, it is by no means prescriptive. That said, it aims to represent generally accepted guidelines and patterns for building scalable applications. If you wish to read more about this pattern, please check out this awesome writeup by Justin Greenberg.
.
├── bin # Build/Start scripts
├── config # Project and build configurations
├── public # Static public assets (not imported anywhere in source code)
├── server # Express application that provides webpack middleware
│ └── main.js # Server application entry point
├── src # Application source code
│ ├── index.html # Main HTML page container for app
│ ├── main.js # Application bootstrap and rendering
│ ├── components # Global Reusable Presentational Components
│ ├── containers # Global Reusable Container Components
│ ├── layouts # Components that dictate major page structure
│ │ └── CoreLayout.js # CoreLayout which receives children for each route
│ │ └── CoreLayout.scss # Styles related to the CoreLayout
│ │ └── index.js # Main file for layout
│ ├── routes # Main route definitions and async split points
│ │ ├── index.js # Bootstrap main application routes with store
│ │ ├── Home # Fractal route
│ │ ├── index.js # Route definitions and async split points
│ │ ├── assets # Assets required to render components
│ │ ├── components # Presentational React Components
│ │ └── routes ** # Fractal sub-routes (** optional)
│ ├── store # Redux-specific pieces
│ │ ├── createStore.js # Create and instrument redux store
│ │ └── reducers.js # Reducer registry and injection
│ └── styles # Application-wide styles (generally settings)
└── tests # Unit tests
We recommend using the Redux DevTools Chrome Extension. Using the chrome extension allows your monitors to run on a separate thread and affords better performance and functionality. It comes with several of the most popular monitors, is easy to configure, filters actions, and doesn’t require installing any packages.
However, adding the DevTools components to your project is simple. First, grab the packages from npm:
npm i --save-dev redux-devtools redux-devtools-log-monitor redux-devtools-dock-monitor
Then follow the manual integration walkthrough.
We use react-router
route definitions (<route>/index.js
) to define units of logic within our application. See the application structure section for more information.