React Firebase Starter
Boilerplate (seed) project for creating web apps with React.js, GraphQL.js and Relay
Overview
The React Starter Kit for Firebase is a popular project template that allows for the building of modern, scalable web applications with React, Relay, and GraphQL. It utilizes serverless infrastructure provided by Google Cloud, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, CDN hosting, and file storage. This kit saves time and provides a solid foundation and design patterns for development.
Features
- Create React App (★ 73k) for development and test infrastructure.
- Material UI (★ 52k) integration for Google's Material Design.
- Passport.js (★ 17k) for authentication with stateless JWT tokens.
- GraphQL.js (★ 15k) and Relay (★ 14k) for declarative data fetching and client state management.
- Universal Router (★ 1k) + history (★ 6k) for declarative routing and client-side navigation optimized for Relay.
- PostgreSQL database pre-configured with a query builder and migrations using Knex.js (★ 11k).
- Google Cloud & Firebase for serverless architecture, including Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, CDN hosting, and file storage.
- Create React App
Create React App is a popular tool for quickly setting up a new React project without the need for manual configuration or setup. It provides a preconfigured development environment with modern build tools, a live development server, and an easy-to-use command line interface.
- Express
Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
- 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
- Styled Components
Styled Components is a popular library for styling React components using CSS syntax. It allows you to write CSS in your JavaScript code, making it easier to create dynamic styles that are specific to each component.
- Firebase
Firebase offers a comprehensive set of features, including real-time database, authentication, hosting, cloud functions, storage, and more. Firebase provides an easy-to-use interface and allows developers to focus on building features rather than managing infrastructure.
- Graphql
A website that uses GraphQL as a query language to manage data fetching and state management. This includes features such as a strongly typed schema, client-side caching, and declarative data fetching to streamline data management and optimize website performance.
