acwatson / express-monolith

Express app with REST APIs and React UI combined

Example Monolith Web App

Example Express Web server with RESTful APIs and a React front end.

Running The Apps Locally

• API

  This will run Express locally and it will reload when files change

  cd api
  npm run-script start-local
  

  This will run Express locally without watching for file changes

  cd api
  npm start
  

• UI

  cd ui
  npm start
  

Hosting The UI From Express

This will build the React front end and copy its files into the `api/build` directory so that they are served by Express.
```
cd ui
npm run-script deploy-to-express
```

Implementer's Notes

• The port that the Express back end listens on is defined in api/bin/www.
• The port that the React UI listens to is defined in ui/package.json. See 'start' script.