django-react-app

django-react-app is a react application already configured to be used in a django project as a django application.

Quick start

Install

pip install django-react-app

Add "django_react_app" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this::


    INSTALLED_APPS = [
        ...
        'django_react_app',
    ]

Include the django_react_app URLconf in your project urls.py like this:

path('', include('django_react_app.urls')),

Configuration

To have django-react-app on your root project

You will find the django_react_app inside your <virtualenv_name>/lib/<python_ver>/site-packages/ folder move the django_react_app folder to your root project

Install React dependencies

Open a terminal and go to the django_react_app folder, to install react dependencies run :

npm install

After that to run the React app you can run:

npm run dev

Run your django app

Start your django development server in another terminal and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to view your react app application running