jyleong / shorturl

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shortUrl React on Rails

Built using shakacode React on Rails: React on Rails

Following tutorial to get the environment set up: Shakacode React on Rails tutorial

Nginx Configuration:

First check if you have nginx installed

Open up the nginx conf file, in mac its under /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Edit this file, under the server block add:

location ~* "^/[0-9a-z@]{5,15}$"  {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://localhost:3000/api/item/$1 redirect;
}

For the ability to proxy and forward requests to http:/// to the GET API Save file and restart nginx

To run tests:

React component tests

> yarn test

Rails backend api tests

> rspec

Run backend tests in specific location

> rspec <directory location>
> rspec spec/models

Install React on Rails: rails generate react_on_rails:install or rails generate react_on_rails:install --redux. You need to first git commit your files before running the generator, or else it will generate an error.

> rails generate react_on_rails:install
> bundle && yarn
Then run server with static client side files:

> foreman start -f Procfile.dev
To run with the webpack-dev-server:

> foreman start -f Procfile.dev-server

View the app via http:localhost:3000