evolveris / fullstack-heroku

Node.js + React.js + Heroku template

Fullstack Heroku Template

Local Development

Because this app is made of two npm projects, there are two places to run npm/yarn commands:

1. Node API server at the root ./
2. React UI in react-ui/ directory.

Run the API server

In a terminal:

# Initial setup
npm install

# Start the server
npm start

Install new npm packages for Node

npm install package-name --save

Run the React UI

The React app is configured to proxy backend requests to the local Node server using a custom proxy package.

In a separate terminal from the API server, start the UI:

# Always change directory, first
cd react-ui/

# Initial setup
yarn install

# Start the server
yarn start

Install new npm packages for React UI

# Always change directory, first
cd react-ui/

npm install package-name --save

Running tests

npm run test

Deploy to Heroku

heroku login
heroku apps:create --region eu
git push heroku main