Boilerplate/Starter Project for building APIs using Adonisjs, with a React frontend using Create React App.

Install AdonisJs CLI globally :

npm i -g @adonisjs/cli

Then create the project :

adonis new <name> --blueprint=jsnomad/adonisjs-create-react-app

Alternatively you can clone the project and install dependencies manually :

git clone https://github.com/jsnomad/adonisjs-create-react-app.git
npm install

Install React dependencies :

cd front
npm install

Run the following command to start the HTTP server :

adonis serve --dev

Runs the React app in development mode :

cd front
npm start

Then you can access to the React App using :

http://localhost:3000/

fetch('/api/v1/***')

In development, the React development server will recognize that it’s not a static asset, and will proxy your request to http://localhost:3333/api/v1/*** as a fallback.

Create a React production build :

cd front
npm run build

The build folder will be automatically moved in the Adonisjs public folder.

Then start the HTTP server using a process manager like pm2 (recommended) :

pm2 start server.js

For better performance, consider using nginx as a reverse proxy (faster to server static assets).