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A highly scalable, offline-first foundation with the best DX and a focus on performance and best practices

_{Made with ❤︎ by Max Stoiber and contributors. If you're using this boilerplate, we'd love to hear from you!}

Features

Quick scaffolding

Create components, containers, routes, selectors and sagas - and their tests - right from the CLI!

Instant feedback

Enjoy the best DX (Developer eXperience) and code your app at the speed of thought! Your saved changes to the CSS and JS are reflected instantaneously without refreshing the page. Preserve application state even when you update something in the underlying code!

Predictable state management

Unidirectional data flow allows for change logging and time travel debugging.

Next generation JavaScript

Use template strings, object destructuring, arrow functions, JSX syntax and more, today.

Next generation CSS

Write composable CSS that's co-located with your components for complete modularity. Unique generated class names keep the specificity low while eliminating style clashes. Ship only the styles that are on the page for the best performance.

Industry-standard routing

It's natural to want to add pages (e.g. `/about`) to your application, and routing makes this possible.

Industry-standard i18n internationalization support

Scalable apps need to support multiple languages, easily add and support multiple languages with `react-intl`.

Offline-first

The next frontier in performant web apps: availability without a network connection from the instant your users load the app.

SEO

We support SEO (document head tags management) for search engines that support indexing of JavaScript content. (eg. Google)

But wait... there's more!

• The best test setup: Automatically guarantee code quality and non-breaking changes. (Seen a react app with 99% test coverage before?)
• Native web app: Your app's new home? The home screen of your users' phones.
• The fastest fonts: Say goodbye to vacant text.
• Stay fast: Profile your app's performance from the comfort of your command line!
• Catch problems: AppVeyor and TravisCI setups included by default, so your tests get run automatically on Windows and Unix.

There’s also a fantastic video on how to structure your React.js apps with scalability in mind. It provides rationale for the majority of boilerplate's design decisions.

_{Keywords: React.js, Redux, Hot Reloading, ESNext, Babel, react-router, Offline First, ServiceWorker, styled-components, redux-saga, FontFaceObserver, PageSpeed Insights}

Quick start

1. Clone this repo using git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate.git
2. Run npm run setup to install dependencies and clean the git repo.
   We auto-detect yarn for installing packages by default, if you wish to force npm usage do: USE_YARN=false npm run setup
   At this point you can run npm start to see the example app at http://localhost:3000.
3. Run npm run clean to delete the example app.

Now you're ready to rumble!

Please note that this boilerplate is production-ready and not meant for beginners! If you're just starting out with react or redux, please refer to https://github.com/petehunt/react-howto instead. If you want a solid, battle-tested base to build your next product upon and have some experience with react, this is the perfect start for you.

Documentation

• Intro: What's included and why
• Commands: Getting the most out of this boilerplate
• Testing: How to work with the built-in test harness
• Styling: How to work with the CSS tooling
• Your app: Supercharging your app with Routing, Redux, simple asynchronicity helpers, etc.

Supporters

This project would not be possible without the support by these amazing folks. Become a sponsor to get your company in front of thousands of engaged react developers and help us out!

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT license, Copyright (c) 2016 Maximilian Stoiber. For more information see LICENSE.md.