We've made it! You're ready to built a React application! Before you start ideating, think about some of the project requirements. Some ideas (games) may not work well for this project.
- You must use a Rails API backend with a separate React front-end.
- Your backend must have at least one resource.
- Your application must have full CRUD actions for at least one resource.
- optional Your application can have authentication/authorization. (reminder use the auth template)
- Modularize your application into seperate files and folders based on purpose of code.
- Implement a new node package you have never used. (Socket.io, Chart.js, Draggable.js)
- Refactor your code using HOCs.
- Go above and beyond in styling for animations and transitions.
Your apps should live in separate repositories. This means you will have two separate repos.
- You should generate your API using the following command:
rails new my-project-api --api -T - To create your React project, you may use a tool called create-react-app, an awesome project generator developed by Facebook. To use this
npm install -g create-react-app- this installs the generator as a global package- In the directory where you'd like to create your project,
create-react-app my-project-client. It's that simple!
NOTE by default - both your client app and your rails app will run on port 3000. Check out this issue if you'd like to change the default.