This is a sample React.js app created to exemplify the concepts detailed in the following article:

• Coming Soon

It is a simple hello world application which includes:

• a WebPack Dev Server sample implementation
• an Express.js API sample implementation
• a sample HelloWorld React.js component

All of the previous put together in order to show how CORS affects development of React.js apps.

Run the following to install dependencies:

$ npm install

This sample uses the npm package concurrently to run both the front-end dev server (webpack-dev-server) and the back-end API (Express.js) at the same time.

So, spinning up the DEV server and API is as easy as running:

$ npm run dev

For simplicity's sake I have made packaging and running the PROD server into a single command:

$ npm start

This packages the production bundle into the bundle directory and spins up a single Express.js server that servers both the static bundle files as well as the API.