react-starter-express

A simple react starter kit with exposed config and hooks support, running from webpack-dev-server as a custom server (for Node 16 LTS and above).

Supports eslint with recommended lint rules, prettier and other best practices supported OOB

Currently supported config:

• configuration for eslint, prettier and webpack
• browserlist support with autoprefixer using postcss
• @swc/core for transpiling javascript
• support for Core-JS 3 polyfills
• webpack asset modules for svg, font and images etc.
• support for css modules
• optimized for development with fast startup and HMR
• efficient and small production builds
• webpack tree-shaking with lodash and moment lib optimizations
• code minification using swc-minify, csso for css and html minify
• ejs for generate custom html render during server start

Building and running on localhost

First install dependencies:

npm install

To run in hot reloading mode using express configured with dev server:

npm start

To create a production build (dist folder) with production express server:

npm run build

Running

Run npm start in dist folder to start running the app