Create Personal React App


A thin wrapper around Facebook's create-react-app inspired by @Chris Patty's blog post.

Create Personal React App works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Quick Overview

``
npm install -g create-personal-react-app
create-personal-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start
`

Then open http://localhost:3000/ to see your app.
When you’re ready to deploy to production, create a minified bundle with npm run build.

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You don’t need to install or configure tools like Webpack or Babel.

They are preconfigured and hidden so that you can focus on the code.

Just create a project, and you’re good to go.

Creating an App

You’ll need to have Node >= 6 on your local development machine (but it’s not required on the server). You can use nvm (macOS/Linux) or nvm-windows to easily switch Node versions between different projects.

To create a new app, just run the following command:

`
create-personal-react-app my-app
`

It will create a directory called my-app inside the current folder.

Inside that directory, it will generate the initial project structure and install the transitive dependencies:

`
.
├── README.md
├── node_modules
├── package.json
├── package-lock.json
├── .editorconfig
├── .env
├── .env.dist
├── .env.prod
├── .env.stg
├── .eslintrc.json
├── .gitignore
├── .prettierrc
├── .sass-lint.yml
├── public
│ ├── favicon.ico
│ ├── index.html
│ └── manifest.json
└── src
├── app
| ├── core
| │ └── components
| │ ├── modules
| | | ├── MainContent
| | | | ├── index.js
| | | | ├── index.scss
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| | | ├── MainHeader
| | | | ├── index.js
| | | | ├── index.scss
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ | └── MainNavigation
| | | | ├── index.js
| | | | ├── index.scss
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ └── pages
| | ├── Home
| | | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ └── NotFound
| | ├── index.js
| | └── index.spec.js
| ├── ui
| │ ├── actions
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── components
| │ | └── modules
| | | ├── Loading
| | | | ├── index.js
| | | | ├── index.scss
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ | └── Snackbar
| | | ├── index.js
| | | ├── index.scss
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── constants
| | | └── actionTypes.js
| │ ├── reducers
| │ | ├── loading
| | │ | ├── index.js
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ | ├── snackbar
| | │ | ├── index.js
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── sagas
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── selectors
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ └── index.js
| ├── user
| │ ├── actions
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── api
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── components
| │ | ├── modules
| │ | | └── UserTable
| | | | ├── index.js
| | | | ├── index.scss
| | | | └── index.spec.js
| │ | └── pages
| │ | └── UserList
| | | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── constants
| | | └── actionTypes.js
| │ ├── reducers
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── sagas
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ ├── selectors
| │ | ├── index.js
| | | └── index.spec.js
| │ └── index.js
| └── index.js
├── history
│ └── index.js
├── images
| ├── closeicon.svg
│ └── loader.gif
├── lib
│ └── axios.js
├── reducers
| ├── index.js
│ └── index.spec.js
├── sagas
│ └── index.js
├── store
| ├── configureStore.js
│ └── index.js
├── styles
| ├── _base.scss
│ └── _utilities.scss
├── index.js
├── index.scss
├── serviceWorker.js
└── setupTests.js
`

No configuration or complicated folder structures, just the files you need to build your app.

Once the installation is done, you can open your project folder:

`sh
cd my-app
`

Inside the newly created project, you can run some built-in commands:

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Runs the app in development mode.

Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

The page will automatically reload if you make changes to the code.

You will see the build errors and lint warnings in the console.

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Runs the test watcher in an interactive mode.

By default, runs tests related to files changed since the last commit.

Read more about testing.

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Builds the app for production to the build folder.

It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.

The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.


Your app is ready to be deployed.

Naming convention

- Action Types

- API related

`javascript
export const GET_POSTS_REQUEST = "GET_POSTS_REQUEST";
export const GET_POSTS_SUCCESS = "GET_POSTS_SUCCESS";
export const GET_POSTS_FAILURE = "GET_POSTS_FAILURE";
`

- Others

`javascript
export const LOADING_REQUEST = "LOADING_REQUEST";
export const LOADING_SHOW = "LOADING_SHOW";
export const LOADING_HIDE = "LOADING_HIDE";
export const USERNAME_CHANGE = "USERNAME_CHANGE";
`

- Action Creators

- API related

`javascript
export const doRequestGetPosts = () => ({});
export const doSuccesGetPosts = () => ({});
export const doFailureGetPosts = () => ({});
`

- Others

`javascript
export const doRequestLogin = () => ({});
export const doShowLogin = () => ({});
export const doHideLogin = () => ({});
export const doChangeusername = () => ({});
`

- Sagas

`javascript
export function* handleChangeUsername() {}
export function* handleRequestLogin() {}
export function* handleRequestGetPosts() {}
`

- Reducers

`javascript
const loadingReducer = (state = INITIAL_STATE, action) => {};
const modalReducer = (state = INITIAL_STATE, action) => {};
`

- Helpers

`javascript
const applyShowLoading = (state, action) => ({});
const applyChangeUsername = (state, action) => ({});
`

- Combined reducers

`javascript
const uiReducer = combineReducers({
loading: loadingReducer,
modal: modalReducer
});
`

- Selectors

- Boolean

`javascript
export const isLoadingVisible = ({ ui }) => ui.loading.isVisible;
export const hasPermission = ({ auth }) => auth.user.hasPermission;
`

- Others

`javascript
export const getUsername = ({ auth }) => auth.user.username;
`

- API

`javascript
export const requestGetPosts = () => {};
export const requestCreatePost = payload => {};
export const requestGetPost = postId => {};
export const requestUpdatePost = (postId, payload) => {};
export const requestDeletePost = postId => {};
`

- mapDispatchToProps

`javascript
import { doRequestLogin } from "../actions/auth";
import { doShowLoading } from "../actions/ui";

const mapDispatchToProps = {
onRequestLogin: doRequestLogin,
onShowLoading: doShowLoading
};

export default connect(
null,
mapDispatchToProps
)(Home);
`

Contribute

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Submit a pull request

License

Create Personal React App is open source software licensed as MIT.