A starter for React applications. Based on CRA + Node (Express REST APIs) backend.

1. Run npm i or yarn install in root folder
2. cd in server folder and run npm i or yarn install
3. cd in client folder and run npm i or yarn install
4. Start the app by running npm start or yarn install in root folder
5. You can run only the server with npm run start:server (or yarn run start:client) in root folder or npm start (or yarn start) in server folder
6. You can run only the the client with npm run start:client (or yarn run start:client) in root folder or npm start (or yarn start) in client folder

Important info: make sure you create a .env file in the root of the server folder by using the .env_template file. This will act as the centralised list for all ENV variables.

You can choose to install sequelize-cli globally or keep the local instalation provided by package.json. If you install sequelize-cli globally (e.g.: npm i -g sequelize-cli), you will be able to run all Sequelize related commands (e.g.: migrations) like so:

sequelize db:migrate

If you prefer local installation (does not pollute the system), use the following command:

npm run sequelize db:migrate

If you need to pass arguments to the local instalation of sequelize-cli (e.g.: creating a new model), make sure to prefix all commands with '--'. E.g.:

npm run sequelize -- model:create --name User --attributes "first_name:string last_name:string"

Postgres

1. Make sure you have postgres installed. OSX users can simply do that via brew install postgres.
2. Fill in the database related ENV variables with the right info.
3. Start Postgres server: postgres -D /usr/local/var/postgres (you can alias this)
4. Cd in server folder and run npm run sequelize db:migrate or sequelize db:migrate if you have sequelize-cli installed globally (check Working with Sequelize CLI section above).
5. Seed your DB by running npm run sequelize db:seed:all or sequelize db:seed:all if you have sequelize-cli installed globally

1. Make sure you install watchman (can fail on OSX) - brew install watchman (see more details here).

The starter has been built and tested on OS Sierra (10.12.6) using Node (9.3.0) and PostgreSQL (10.1). All instructions are OS X compatible. This software has not been tested on Linux/Windows yet, so please consider finding alternative instructions on your own if you do wish to use nott on these platforms.

1. GraphQL backend
2. Discuss the need of linking MongoDB?
3. To discuss on client side:

• https://github.com/thejameskyle/react-loadable
• https://github.com/maisano/react-router-transition
• https://nemethgergely.com/puppeteer-browser-automation/