After cloning the repo, cd into it with
cd ReactTS-with-Django
Once inside, execute the following:
pip install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the dependencies from the requirements.txt file into your current environment. (Using a virtualenv is highly recommended)
Next, cd into the Reactfrontend folder with
cd Reactfrontend
run
npm install
This will install all the dependencies in the package.json file and create a folder named node_modules.
Next, run
npm run build
to build the project for production. Once done with the installation and build process, cd back to the base directory using
cd ..
Finally, run
python manage.py run server
Et voila!! You just integrated your react code with django. You should now be able to see the boilerplate template for React + Vite in the browser.
Note: Every time you make changes to your frontend code, you'll need to run npm run build since we're serving the static files from the dist folder(or the build folder in the case of CRA) Also, because idk how to setup HMR in Django with React yet lol.