This is my empty starter project for creating a new react application. It
contains a gulpfile that uses Browserify and Stylus to package up all of the
.js, .jsx, and .styl files in the src directory and put them in a public
directory.
It contains the initial setup for React Bootstrap, including required CSS. I really like being able to use their styles and components, and I've found using them helpful in building UI that 'just works'.
It also contains the initial setup for react-router, making adding new pages and managing front-end navigation much easier.
There are actually two starter projects in this repository. One with plain content that is centered
on the screen, and one full page app with a sidebar. They live in src-centered and src-fullpage-with-sidebar,
respectively. The active one can be switched with one of the following commands:
ln -sfT src-centered src
ln -sfT src-fullpage-with-sidebar src
Check them both out, and when you decide on one, just get rid of the symbolic link and rename that
source folder to src.
Simply run npm install to get the necessary packages and gulp build to create
the public directory. Then, serve the files up however you want. http-server
is a good option if you just want a local static server.
Once the package is built and served, a simple 'hello world' will be displayed in the browser using React.
This app can become a desktop app using Electron by installing
the electron command globally with npm install electron-prebuilt -g and running electron .
from the project's root directory.
Adapting this starter project to your own project is simply a matter of nuking (rm -rf) the
.git directory and initializing your own git repo (or not, that's up to you). The
Container and HomeView react components are the entry point to the app. Modify
or replace them as you will.