Base app of Image Rating app
- Initial Machine Setup. First time running the starter kit? Then complete the Initial Machine Setup.
- Clone the project.
git clone https://github.com/mischlecht/HackWeekend2017-react-app.git(feel free to rename the app). - cd into the directory
cd HackWeekend2017-react-app. - Install required node modules.
npm install - Run the example app.
npm run devThis will run the automated build process, start up a webserver, and open the application in your default browser. When doing development with this kit, this command will continue watching all your files. Every time you hit save the code is rebuilt, linting runs, and tests run automatically. Note: The -s flag is optional. It enables silent mode which suppresses unnecessary messages during the build.
##Initial Machine Setup
- Install Node 4.0.0 or greater - (5.0 or greater is recommended for optimal build performance). Need to run multiple versions of Node? Use nvm.
- Install Git.
- On a Mac? You're all set. If you're on Linux or Windows, complete the steps for your OS below.
##Technologies This base React/Redux app utilizes the following technologies:
| Tech | Description | Learn More |
|---|---|---|
| React | Fast, composable client-side components. | Pluralsight Course |
| Redux | Enforces unidirectional data flows and immutable, hot reloadable store. Supports time-travel debugging. Lean alternative to Facebook's Flux. | Pluralsight Course |
| React Router | A complete routing library for React | Pluralsight Course |
| Babel | Compiles ES6 to ES5. Enjoy the new version of JavaScript today. | ES6 REPL, ES6 vs ES5, ES6 Katas, Pluralsight course |
| Webpack | Bundles npm packages and our JS into a single file. Includes hot reloading via react-transform-hmr. | Quick Webpack How-to Pluralsight Course |
| Browsersync | Lightweight development HTTP server that supports synchronized testing and debugging on multiple devices. | Intro vid |
| Mocha | Automated tests with Chai for assertions and Enzyme for DOM testing without a browser using Node. | Pluralsight Course |
| Isparta | Code coverage tool for ES6 code transpiled by Babel. | |
| TrackJS | JavaScript error tracking. | Free trial |
| ESLint | Lint JS. Reports syntax and style issues. Using eslint-plugin-react for additional React specific linting rules. | |
| SASS | Compiled CSS styles with variables, functions, and more. | Pluralsight Course |
| PostCSS | Transform styles with JS plugins. Used to autoprefix CSS | |
| Editor Config | Enforce consistent editor settings (spaces vs tabs, etc). | IDE Plugins |
| npm Scripts | Glues all this together in a handy automated build. | Pluralsight course, Why not Gulp? |
The starter kit includes a working example app that puts all of the above to use.