create-react-express-app

PRODUCTION READY for Mac Users

Windows Users please check the Github repo

Install Instructions:

Navigate to your projects root directory:
(NOT your desktop)
npm install -g create-react-express-app

NOTE:

• This package expects to be installed globally so you can run the command anywhere:
  fullstack MY_FULLSTACK_APP_NAME

• This package also expects the following packages to be installed globally as well:

  • create-react-app
  • express-generator

Be sure you have globally installed the required packages:

Backend Required Package:
npm install express-generator -g
This step can be skipped if express-generator is already installed globally

Frontend Required Package:
https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
This step can be skipped if create-react-app is already installed globally

TO BUILD APP:
fullstack theNameOfMyNewFullstackAppGoesHere

TO DEPLOY DEV SERVER:
inside app folder =>
npm start

// for example:

cd theNameOfMyNewFullstackAppGoesHere
npm start

// the app will automatically open on http://localhost:3000/
// the backend express server can be viewed on http://localhost:3100/

frontend @ http://localhost:3000/
backend @ http://localhost:3100/

NOTE:
This package works as expected on Mac.

This package needs to be slightly refactored to have it work properly on Windows. Apologies.

Please see the repository for more details:
create-react-express-app

More features, including Windows support, coming soon!