FAST FullStack React with TypeScript starter kit.

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Quick Start

If you're using Github, you can click on the "Use this template" button to create a new repository based on this starter kit.

Clean example code

The repo comes with some examples on how to do basic stuff. As this is not really needed in real projects, you can remove them by running:

yarn clean-up-example-code

Manual clone

clone this repository into your own project folder. and start working

git clone https://github.com/gilamran/fullstack-typescript.git <MyProjectName>
cd <MyProjectName>
yarn
yarn dev

If you want to detach from this repository into your own repository do this:

git remote remove origin
git remote add origin YOUR_REPO_URL
git push -u origin master

Why

• Simple to jump into, Fast because it is simple.
• Separate tsconfig.json for client and server.
• Client and server can share code (And types). For example: IUserDTO.d.ts
• The client is bundled using Vite because it goes to the browser.
• The server is emitted by TypeScript because node now supports es6.

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Requirements

• NodeJs 18.12.+, Chrome 79+ or FireFox 72+

Directory Layout

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├── /node_modules/                    # 3rd-party libraries and utilities
├── /dist/                            # All the generated files will go here, and will run from this folder
├── /src/                             # The source code of the application
│   ├── /client/                      # React app
│   ├── /server/                      # Express server app
│   ├── /shared/                      # The shared code between the client and the server
├── /assets/                          # images, css, jsons etc.
├── .eslintrc                         # es-lint configuration
├── .prettierec                       # prettier configuration
├── .gitignore                        # ignored git files and folders
├── .nvmrc                            # Force nodejs version
├── .env                              # (ignored) Can be used to override environment variables
├── index.js                          # The server's entry point
├── package.json                      # The list of 3rd party libraries and utilities
├── README.md                         # This file

What's included

• React v18
• React router v6
• Material-ui v5
• emotion
• Axios (For Client/Server communication)

Usage

• yarn dev - Client and server are in watch mode with source maps, opens http://localhost:3000
• yarn lint - Runs es-lint
• yarn build - dist folder will include all the needed files, both client (Bundle) and server.
• yarn start - Just runs node ./dist/server/server.js
• yarn start:prod - sets NODE_ENV to production and then runs node ./dist/server/server.js. (Bypassing vite)

Config

All applications require a config mechanism, for example, SLACK_API_TOKEN. Things that you don't want in your git history, you want a different environment to have different value (dev/staging/production). This repo uses the file config.ts to access all your app variables. And a .env file to override variable in dev environment. This file is ignored from git.

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What's not included

• Server side rendering
• Redux/MobX/Zustand (State management)

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Licence

This code is released as is, under MIT licence. Feel free to use it for free for both commercial and private projects. No warranty provided.