Getting Started

The main objective of this framework is to make creating React-based apps as fast as possible. Most of the React stack comes preconfigured for you, and installing it all only takes a couple minutes.

This document will walk you through the few steps you need to follow in order to get a basic working web application.

1. Project Setup

You have two possibilities to setup the initial project: either manually, or using the rjs cli.

The easiest way is to install @reworkjs/cli globally, then run rjs init at the root of your project directory.

If you do not wish to install the cli globally, you will need to manually install the framework. No worries though, it is a three-liner:

• Init the NPM project: npm init
• Install the framework: npm install --save @reworkjs/core
• Configure the framework: ./node_modules/.bin/rjs init

Even though the second method does not install the global CLI, you can still use the local, project-specific, one available under ./node_modules/.bin/rjs. The rest of the documentation will assume the global cli is available, but all used commands are fully compatible with the local cli.

2. Starting your application

If you followed the first part of this tutorial, your package.json will contain a start:dev script.

You can from now on run npm run start:dev to start the application in development mode.
Alternatively you can use the rjs cli directly by running NODE_ENV=development rjs start --port 3000

3. Creating your first page

You app is up, but it doesn't do much currently. It's time to create your first page!