A boilerplate to jumpstart the creation of React + Express + GraphQL powered websites.
This is a major work in progress.
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Install dependencies:
yarn - Start the server:
docker-compose up
Now navigate your browser to http://localhost:3000/ and you should see the rendered Homepage component.
- Watch changes to assets:
yarn run watch
Any react file changes in src/react/App/ will automatically compile.
This project uses docker to run the app locally (which I am relatively new to still). The app is built using the Dockerfile in the root of this project, as well as the other images specified inside the docker-compose.yml file.
To start the app, run docker-compose up.
If you want to execute commands inside of your running docker environment, use the following:
docker-compose run web <your-command>This project is setup using a Postgres database. It also uses Knex.js to interface with the database using javascript. Some things to remember:
- The database connection is configured in
.knex/knexfile.js. - Migration files exist in
.knex/migrations/. (There is an init migration to get started). - Migrations can be run with
docker-compose run web yarn run db:migrate
This project uses React for rendering its views. Those components can be found in src/react. Inside of that is an App dir that contains the React for this project. Inside of that is the two directories that matter:
Components- The shared, reusable React components that will make up your UI, like buttons, headings, menus, etc.Views- The one-off React components that represent a single endpoint in the app, such as /home or /todos, etc, made up of many smaller react components.
This is being worked on currently, check back later for a detailed writeup.
This is being worked on currently, check back later for a detailed writeup.