Create a React App

Create a React App. Basically an express middleware that runs create-react-app in dev and builds in prod.

Question: React uses the webpack-dev-server should we proxy to this or re-create the process with an express middleware?

[JedWatson]

This would be really nice to have, but not a high priority if it takes much time. Setting as low for now. Would be a great contribution 👍

[GasimGasimzada]

Does it have to be “Create React App”? What about managing a custom webpack configuration?

EDIT: I was able to set up a custom React app configuration that uses webpack dev and hot middleware for development and express static middleware for serving production builds. There are a lot of options missing in webpack configuration.

If you do not require using “Create React App” specifically for webpack configuration, I am willing work on this and provide an extendable interface that allows choosing the source and build directories, as well as extending webpack configuration to add additional features (e.g a user can install svg-loader if necessary).

To get users starting in a fast way, I suggest supporting the following features:

• Typescript
• Standard assets (fonts, images etc)
• CSS Modules, SASS, Styled components (emotion and / or styled-components)
• Importing GraphQL files (.gql / .graphql)
• Markdown / MDX