I found this tutorial a very good solution to the problem you describe: http://teropa.info/blog/2015/09/10/full-stack-redux-tutorial.html http://teropa.info/bl

I found this tutorial a very good solution to the problem you describe: http://teropa.info/blog/2015/09/10/full-stack-redux-tutorial.html http://teropa.info/blog/2015/09/10/full-stack-redux-tutorial... It assumes very little and builds an app from the ground up, including configuring Webpack, Babel, react-router etc, explaining what it's doing along the way. It does use Javascript for the server, but it's well abstracted so it's clear where to swap out the server if needed. (I actually skipped over the server part of the tutorial on the first run through and it didn't hurt my comprehension.)