Built with create-react-app and express server for development.
- Uses Nodemailer to send email with a gmail account.
- React-materialize for UI elements and grid.
- React-sweetalert for email success/failure message.
- Must have gmail credentials.
- Enter your email credentials in a .env file:
GMAIL_USER=**your_email_address**@gmail.com
GMAIL_PASS=**secret_password_here**
# in PRODUCTION uncomment the line below:
#NODE_ENV=production
npm install
To authorize gmail access from Heroku or some other host, visit this site after deployment: http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
For Development, the webpack-dev-server is running on port 3000 serving react app, and the backend express server is running on port 3001. All of the requests sent by frontend app will be passed to express server via proxy.
Web App <--- Webpack-dev-server <---> Proxy <---> Express Server
For Production, all the frontend code will be compiled and moved into a static directory inside express server. Now there is just one express server running, which is serving both the frontend app and backend endpoints.
Endpoints <--- Express Server ---> Web App
Nginx proxy should point to http://localhost:3001
After deployment to Digital Ocean, email will fail initially. Check pm2 logs to find a link to authorize access.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.