An ExpressJS Website Template Incorporating Gulp, React, Bootsrap and Other Popular Libraries

(That's a mouthful)

Based on NodeJS, of course!

This is a NodeJS website template with a working gulpfile. It combines the following packages:

• Twitter Bootstrap 3
• Bower
• React (+Bootstrap Specific Modules)
• Gulp

Vendors included in bower:

• bootstrap v3.3
• jquery (gets auto-downloaded by bootstrap)
• font-awesome v4.3
• react v0.14
• lodash v4.11
• numeraljs v1.5.3
• validator-js v3.30
• react-bootstrap v0.28.3

Gulp tasks will do the following:

• Clean and download bower files
• Combine into one file all vendor js and css files
• Build react files and combine into a single file
• Start server and restart if any files change

Production mode will minify css and uglify javascript.

The gulpfile contains an editable vendors array. Use this to control what gets combined into one file and how react files map vendor libraries (eg jquery).

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/jpfluger/expressjs-website-template-with-gulp-react-bootstrap.git
$ cd expressjs-website-template-with-gulp-react-bootstrap
$ npm install

RUN

Production:

gulp prod-server

Development:

gulp dev-server

The default server runs at http://localhost:3083. The server.js is found in src/server.js.

BUILD (no run)

Production:

gulp prod-build

Development:

gulp dev-build

Clean Project

Run task clean:

gulp clean

Clean deletes the contents of the following directories:

• public/third/: contains a copy of bower libraries
• public/build/: the compiled third party bower libraries and react modules

Default Gulp Task

Clean and Download Bower libraries:

gulp default

MIT Licensed