Isomorphic React Template

A barebones template to help you quickly start developing a server side application using React.

React components enable you to create views which can run on both the client and server, making it easier to create server side applications using shared view components.

This template contains everything you need to start development, with a few extras such as critical css loading, should you choose to use it.

It uses the following dependancies:

express server
React components
React Router to handle server and client side routing
webpack compiles client side code
react-hot-loader to provide live component editing.
ejs provides the main index template

##Installation git clone https://github.com/theboyWhoCriedWoolf/isomorphic-react.git

##Instructions Once downloaded, make sure you install all of the dependancies by running npm install.

To start development run: npm run watch which will build the application and start the server at localhost:8080

To compile for production run: npm run build.

Components

The template is pretty self explanatory, there are however a few key components that affect the application compilation and general functionality.

Below is a list of the key files and what they are responsible for.

###./core

config.js contans all the server configuration
expressServer.js handles all the express package, middleware and rendering setup
render.js handles all the serverside routing and compilation

###./app

browser.js handles the client side route handling and React compilation
Routes.js handles the React route definitions