Overview

Vortigern is an opinionated boilerplate for crafting universal web applications using modern technologies like TypeScript, React, and Redux. It provides a set of libraries and tools to facilitate the development process, including TypeScript, React Router, Redux, and Redux Thunk.

Features

TypeScript: Enables the use of TypeScript for type-safe programming.
React: Utilizes React and React DOM for views.
React Router: Handles in-app routing within the application.
Redux: Manages the application state.
React-Redux: Provides bindings to use React and Redux together.
React-Router-Redux: Keeps the application state synchronized with route changes.
Isomorphic Fetch: Allows for the use of the fetch API on both client and server-side.
Redux Thunk: Enables the dispatching of asynchronous actions.
Redux Connect: Resolves asynchronous props in react-router.
React Helmet: Manages the document head for better SEO and social media sharing.
Webpack: Used for bundling the application.
Awesome TypeScript Loader: A Webpack loader for TypeScript files.
Babel Loader: A Webpack loader for JavaScript files.
React Hot Loader: Provides hot reload capability to the development server.
Isomorphic Style Loader: Loads styles on the server-side.
Style Loader: Loads CSS styles.
PostCSS Loader: A loader for preprocessing styles with PostCSS.
TSLint Loader: Uses tslint as a preloader on the build process.
Stylelint Loader: Uses stylelint as a preloader on the build process.
Istanbul Instrumenter Loader: Uses istanbul for code coverage reports.
Webpack Dev Server: Development server for running the application.
Webpack Dev Middleware: Adds development-time features to the server-side bundle.
Webpack Hot Middleware: Enables hot module replacement for the development server.
Express: Runs the server on both the client and server-side.
Compression: Provides gzip compression for faster delivery of assets.
Serve Favicon: Serves the favicon for the web application.
Typings: Installs type definitions of external libraries.
TSLint: Lints TypeScript files.
Stylelint: Lints styles.
Redux Logger: Logs Redux actions and state changes to the console.
Redux DevTools: Enhances the debugging experience for Redux applications.
Chalk: Provides colored terminal logs.
Karma: A test runner with various plugins for testing the application.
Mocha: A testing framework.
Chai: An assertion library.
Enzyme: A utility for rendering React components during testing.
Fetch Mock: A library for mocking fetch requests during testing.
Redux Mock Store: Creates mock stores for testing.
Clone or Install: Option to clone the repository or install the latest version as a zip file or a tarball.

Summary

Vortigern is a boilerplate for creating universal web applications using TypeScript, React, and Redux. It provides a comprehensive set of libraries and tools to simplify the development process and improve developer experience. The installation process is straightforward, and the theme comes with a range of features for building modern web applications.

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