React Webpack Php Starter
A boilerplate React application that I use to start new projects. It uses webpack to build the JavaScript bundle file and PHP for the back-end API.
Overview
The react-webpack-php-starter is a boilerplate React application that utilizes webpack for bundling the JavaScript bundle file and PHP for the back-end API. It is specifically designed to use Apache as the server instead of a node server like Express. This setup is useful for projects that require PHP for user authentication.
Features
- Bundling and minification using webpack
- ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) syntax via Babel
- Linting
- Separate builds for development and production
- Bootstrap styles
- SVG icons
- PHP index file and back-end API
- Automatic browser reloading using Browsersync
Summary
The react-webpack-php-starter is a boilerplate React application that provides a convenient setup for projects using PHP for user authentication. It utilizes webpack for bundling and minification of JavaScript files, while PHP is used for the back-end API. With features like ECMAScript 2015 syntax, linting, separate builds for development and production, Bootstrap styles, SVG icons, and automatic browser reloading, this boilerplate is a great starting point for React projects involving PHP.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most popular CSS Framework for developing responsive and mobile-first websites.
- LESS
Less CSS is a dynamic stylesheet language that extends the capabilities of CSS, allowing developers to write cleaner, more modular, and reusable stylesheets with features like variables, mixins, and nested rules.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.