Setup Your Server with Node, Express, and Babel

index.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import compression from 'compression';
+import express from 'express';
+
+const app = express();
+const port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
+app.use(compression());
+
+app.use(express.static('./build'));
+
+app.listen(port, (err) => {
+ if (err) {
+   console.log(err);
+   return;
+ }
+ console.log(`Server is live at http://localhost:${port}`);
+});

package.json

@@ -3,16 +3,31 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "babel-cli": "^6.23.0",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.22.0",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.22.0",
+    "compression": "^1.6.2",
+    "express": "^4.15.2",
     "react": "^15.4.2",
     "react-dom": "^15.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "babel-watch": "^2.0.6",
+    "concurrently": "^3.4.0",
     "react-scripts": "0.9.4"
   },
+  "proxy": "http://localhost:8081",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "react-scripts start",
+    "bluemix": "babel-node index.js",
+    "start": "concurrently \"PORT=8080 react-scripts start\" \"PORT=8081 babel-watch index.js\"",
     "build": "react-scripts build",
     "test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
     "eject": "react-scripts eject"
+  },
+  "babel": {
+    "presets": [
+      "es2015",
+      "stage-2"
+    ]
   }
-}
+}