Part 2: Enabling SSR

client/package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
     "build": "react-scripts build && npm run move-build-to-server",
-    "move-build-to-server": "mv build _build && mv _build ../server && cd ../server && rm -rf public && mv _build public",
+    "move-build-to-server": "mv build _build && mv _build ../server && cd ../server && rm -rf public && mv _build public && mv public/index.html public/layout.html",
     "test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
     "eject": "react-scripts eject"
   },

client/src/App.js

@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ export class AppComponent extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount () {
-    this.props.fetchPosts()
+    const { inited, fetchPosts } = this.props
+    if (!inited) { fetchPosts() }
   }
 }
 
 export const App = connect(
-  state => ({ posts: state.posts }),
+  state => ({
+    posts: state.posts,
+    inited: state.inited
+  }),
   dispatch => bindActionCreators(actionCreators, dispatch)
 )(AppComponent)
 

client/src/index.js

@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ import 'isomorphic-fetch'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 import './index.css'
 import App from './App'
-import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker'
+import { unregister } from './registerServiceWorker'
 import thunkMiddleware from 'redux-thunk'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux'
 import { root } from './reducers'
 
-const store = createStore(root, applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware))
+const initState = window.__INIT_STATE__ && JSON.parse(window.__INIT_STATE__)
+
+const store = createStore(root, initState, applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware))
 
 ReactDOM.render(
   <Provider store={store}>
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@ ReactDOM.render(
   document.getElementById('root')
 )
 
-registerServiceWorker()
+unregister()

client/src/reducers/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { combineReducers } from 'redux'
 import { posts } from './posts'
+import { inited } from './inited'
 
 export const root = combineReducers({
-  posts
+  posts,
+  inited
 })

client/src/reducers/inited.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { RECEIVE_POSTS, ERROR_POSTS } from '../actions'
+
+export function inited (state = false, action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case RECEIVE_POSTS:
+    case ERROR_POSTS:
+      return true
+    default:
+      return state
+  }
+}

client/src/renderToStrings.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { createStore } from 'redux'
+import { root } from './reducers'
+import { receivePosts, errorPosts } from './actions'
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
+import { renderToString } from 'react-dom/server'
+import { App } from './App'
+
+export function renderToStrings (posts) {
+  const store = createStore(root)
+  store.dispatch(
+    posts ? receivePosts(posts) : errorPosts()
+  )
+
+  const html = renderToString(
+    <Provider store={store}>
+      <App />
+    </Provider>
+  )
+  const state = JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(store.getState()))
+
+  return { html, state }
+}