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Hey everybody, I'm the main contributor behind this boilerplate. I'm currently hard at work getting v3 out, which you can see in the v3.0.0[0] branch of the re

by mxstbr 11y ago

Hey everybody, I'm the main contributor behind this boilerplate. I'm currently hard at work getting v3 out, which you can see in the v3.0.0[0] branch of the repo. The biggest changes are: A new application structure to keep most of the webpack magic hidden from users, stateless components across the board, a npm run pagespeed command and much better documentation. This was posted while I was sleeping (thanks tilt!), so I'll go through this thread to answer any questions/concerns. If you can think of any more questions you have, reply to this comment so I get a notification! Cheers! Minor Edit: You can also follow me on twitter[1] under the same handle stay up to date with changes to the boilerplate! [0]: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/tree/v3.0.0 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/tree/v3.0.0 [1]: https://twitter.com/mxstbr https://twitter.com/mxstbr

hoodoof 11y ago
Is your webpack config compatible with Windows? Most of them set environment variables in a way that is not cross platform.
- mxstbr 11y ago
  I honestly haven't tried it, that's a very very good point. How would I set them so it works on Windows as well? I'll change it asap!
  - mg74 11y ago
    If you want to do Windows, consider using https://github.com/kentcdodds/argv-set-env https://github.com/kentcdodds/argv-set-env for a cross-platform solution to setting enviroment variables
    - mxstbr 11y ago
      Thanks, it's now fixed for the master branch using kentcdodds/cross-env.[0] [0]: See this commit: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/commit/ea57943338c47c673a8a1d815fee0b5f8f3bfc84 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/commit/ea5794333...
Murkin 11y ago
Why did you decide not to use Immutable(JS or other) as part of the boilerplate?
- mxstbr 11y ago
  This is something I've been thinking about recently, I decided that for smaller projects having ImmutableJS included isn't very helpful. It's a lot of code overhead for not that much benefit. Instead I Object.freeze the state[0], so developers get a warning when they mutate the state directly. I'm happy to change this though, what do you see as the main benefits of including Immutable(JS or other)? [0]: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/master/js/reducers/homeReducer.js#L25 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/master/js/r...
  - Murkin 11y ago
    Looks like the boilerplate here is ground work for large projects. Generally Immutable makes the reducers syntax much cleaner and allows to more easily "query" the state. I am myself torn between using it and thus asked..
    - mxstbr 11y ago
      I opened an issue in the react-boilerplate repo, feel free to jump in and add your two cents: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/issues/46 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/issues/46

by mxstbr 11y ago

hoodoof 11y ago

Is your webpack config compatible with Windows? Most of them set environment variables in a way that is not cross platform.

mxstbr 11y ago
I honestly haven't tried it, that's a very very good point. How would I set them so it works on Windows as well? I'll change it asap!
- mg74 11y ago
  If you want to do Windows, consider using https://github.com/kentcdodds/argv-set-env https://github.com/kentcdodds/argv-set-env for a cross-platform solution to setting enviroment variables
  - mxstbr 11y ago
    Thanks, it's now fixed for the master branch using kentcdodds/cross-env.[0] [0]: See this commit: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/commit/ea57943338c47c673a8a1d815fee0b5f8f3bfc84 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/commit/ea5794333...

Murkin 11y ago

Why did you decide not to use Immutable(JS or other) as part of the boilerplate?

mxstbr 11y ago
This is something I've been thinking about recently, I decided that for smaller projects having ImmutableJS included isn't very helpful. It's a lot of code overhead for not that much benefit. Instead I Object.freeze the state[0], so developers get a warning when they mutate the state directly. I'm happy to change this though, what do you see as the main benefits of including Immutable(JS or other)? [0]: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/master/js/reducers/homeReducer.js#L25 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/master/js/r...
- Murkin 11y ago
  Looks like the boilerplate here is ground work for large projects. Generally Immutable makes the reducers syntax much cleaner and allows to more easily "query" the state. I am myself torn between using it and thus asked..
  - mxstbr 11y ago
    I opened an issue in the react-boilerplate repo, feel free to jump in and add your two cents: https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/issues/46 https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/issues/46