Quickact

Overview

The React template is a production-ready lightweight starter for building React applications. It is designed for use in client-side single page apps and is an alternative to the create-react-app after ejecting.

Features

• Client Side Rendering: The template includes client-side rendering to enhance the performance and responsiveness of the application.
• Hot Module Replacement (HMR): HMR allows for quick and seamless updates to the application during the development process.
• Webpack Dev Server: The template includes Webpack Dev Server for efficient development and testing.
• Webpack Production (+ gzip): For production builds, the template utilizes Webpack for efficient bundling and includes gzip compression for optimized performance.
• TypeScript: The template supports TypeScript, providing strong typing and enhanced development experience.
• Eslint: Eslint is integrated into the template to enforce coding best practices and improve code quality.
• Prettier: Prettier is included in the template to ensure consistent code formatting.
• Browserslist: Browserslist is utilized for defining the target browsers for compatibility.
• Editorconfig: Editorconfig is included to maintain consistent coding styles across multiple editors.
• Styled Components: The template includes Styled Components as the default styling solution (may change to linaria).
• Normalize: Normalize.css is included to provide consistent styling across different browsers.
• Babel + Polyfills: Babel is integrated into the template to transpile modern JavaScript features and includes polyfills from CoreJS 3.
• Jest: The template includes Jest for testing (without coverage and component testing setup).
• Lib: date-fns: The template includes the date-fns library for handling date and time formatting.

Installation

To create a new project based on this template, follow these steps:

Step 1: Install degit globally (if not already installed)

npm install -g degit

Step 2: Create a new project using degit

npx degit [template-repo] [project-directory]

Step 3: Install the dependencies

cd [project-directory]
npm install

Step 4: Start the application

npm start

Step 5: Access the application in a browser

Navigate to localhost:8080

Summary

The React template is a production-ready starter for React applications. It includes a comprehensive set of features and tools such as client-side rendering, hot module replacement, TypeScript support, Eslint, Prettier, and more. It aims to provide developers with a lightweight and efficient starting point for building React apps.