Server Side Rendering using React and Handlebars

Server Side rendering complies React components and Handelbar components on the Server, and sending HTML pages pre-populated - This can lead to a better user experience and Search Engine discoverability.

Outline

  • Server side rendering benefits

  • How to use both Handelbar and React together

  • Build Systems

  • Code organization (browser, server & shared)

  • Webpack configuration

  • browser-specific code

  • Server code (including express)

Build & Run Instructions

  1. To build and run the code in this directory, ensure you have npm installed

  2. Install

npm install
  1. Start the application
npm run start-dev