Overview

The webpack/react-starter is a starter template for building React applications with webpack. It provides a comprehensive set of features and configurations for both development and production environments. It supports compilation with webpack, use of JSX, react-router, and various stylesheets including CSS, LESS, SASS, and Stylus. It also allows for the loading of embedded resources like images and fonts using DataUrls if appropriate.

Features

Compilation with webpack
Support for React and JSX
Integration with react-router
Multiple stylesheet options including CSS, LESS, SASS, Stylus, or mixed
Ability to load react components and their dependencies on demand
Development server with optional Hot Module Replacement
SourceUrl for performance tracking in development, with easy switch to SourceMaps
Server setup for prerendering React components
Initial data inlined in the page for faster rendering
Long Term Caching through file hashes for optimized production builds
Separate CSS file generation to avoid FOUC (Flash of Unstyled Content)
Minimized CSS and JavaScript assets for better performance
Support for coffee-script files
Ability to require markdown or text files for content

Summary

The webpack/react-starter is a comprehensive starter template for building React applications with webpack. It provides a wide range of features and configurations for both development and production environments. With support for compilation, various stylesheets, react-router, and embedded resources, it offers a solid foundation for building robust React applications. The installation process is straightforward, and the template comes with clear documentation to guide developers through the setup process. Overall, it offers a great starting point for building React applications with webpack.

Webpack

React Starter