jtorres95 / react-template

React-Express-template

A template repository for building web applications with a React frontend and Express backend. The frontend and backend communicate via an API JSON. Stack

-React
-Express
-API JSON
-Vite (with CORS proxy)

Getting Started

Click here to copy the template

Then git clone:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/your-project-name.git

Install dependencies

cd your-project-name

yarn

Starting the development server

yarn run dev

This runs the frontend on port 5173 and the backend on port 6000, using vite's proxy to prevent CORS issues. Any requests to /api/v1 will be routed through the proxy.

API Endpoints

The API endpoints are defined in the server.js file. Configuration

You can change the vite proxy in the vite.config.js file. Deployment

To build and deploy the application, run

yarn run build

This will create a dist folder with the production-ready code for both the frontend and backend. You can then deploy this code to your preferred hosting service.

Contributing

Feel free to open a pull request or issue for any enhancements or bug fixes. License

This project is licensed under the MIT License