Start building your own website

This is a repository that I created to help others develop their websites in React.

Tech stack

• React & React Router 4
• Node & Express

Getting started

Setting up the basic environment in Node:

You will need to install Node globally if you do not have it installed already on your local drive:

sudo npm install -g

Installing Nodemon is also highly recommended as it watches for any changes that are saved and will automatically restart your application with the updated code base.

npm install nodemon -g 

Installing dependencies

The prescribed dependencies needed for building a website are listed in the package.json file of this repository. Once this repo is cloned to your local drive, from within the root directory:

npm install

Additional information

More granular instructions as a guide to building a website are included in my blog post, if needed.

The steps to create a website include:

1. File architecture
2. Setting up the basic environment in Node
3. Installing the React framework
4. Creating a webpack and configuration
5. Building the basic front-end components
6. Styling and CSS
7. Viewing on local host
8. Deploying on Heroku

Author

Preda A