react-static-website

A boilerplate for a static website built with React.

This template is intended to be very basic, making it easy to understand for beginners.

Development

Setup

1. Install node.js.
2. Install an editor that accepts eslint (e. g. Atom with the plugin linter-eslint), so you get warnings about syntax or code style errors.
3. Install dependencies with npm install.

Run

1. Start the development server with npm run dev.
2. Check the console to see the URL the server runs on.

Use in production

Setup

1. Install node.js (Ubuntu)

Build

1. Build the app with npm run build.
2. Find the built files in the folder dist. Upload them to the root folder of a web server that can serve static files.

You can test the built files by navigating to dist and run python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Then open the shown URL in the browser.

Every route (e.g. /about) contains all the prerendered HTML code and loads the rest of web site with the JavaScript code. Therefore subsequent route changes will load instantly without communication with the server.