This package is moved to @react-ssr/core.

About react-ssr

• SSR (Server Side Rendering) as a view template engine
• Passing the server data to the client props
• Dynamic props without caring about SSR
  • Suitable for dynamic routes like blogging
• Dynamic Head component
• HMR when process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'

Packages

| package | version | | --- | --- | | @react-ssr/core | | | @react-ssr/express | | | @react-ssr/nestjs-express | |

Usage

With @react-ssr/express

Install it:

$ npm install --save @react-ssr/express express react react-dom

And add a script to your package.json like this:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  }
}

Populate files below inside your project:

./.babelrc

{
  "presets": [
    "@react-ssr/express/babel"
  ]
}

./server.js

const express = require('express');
const register = require('@react-ssr/express/register');

const app = express();

(async () => {
  // register `.jsx` or `.tsx` as a view template engine
  await register(app);

  app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    const message = 'Hello World!';
    res.render('index', { message });
  });

  app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000');
  });
})();

./views/index.jsx

export default function Index({ message }) {
  return <p>{message}</p>;
}

Then just run npm start and go to http://localhost:3000.

You'll see Hello World!.

With @react-ssr/nestjs-express

Install it:

# install NestJS dependencies
$ npm install --save @nestjs/core @nestjs/common @nestjs/platform-express

# install @react-ssr/nestjs-express
$ npm install --save @react-ssr/nestjs-express react react-dom

And add a script to your package.json like this:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "ts-node --project tsconfig.server.json server/main.ts"
  }
}

Populate files below inside your project:

./.babelrc

{
  "presets": [
    "@react-ssr/nestjs-express/babel"
  ]
}

./tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "esnext",
    "module": "esnext",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "jsx": "preserve",
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "esnext"
    ],
    "strict": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "isolatedModules": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    ".ssr"
  ]
}

./tsconfig.server.json

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs"
  },
  "include": [
    "server"
  ]
}

./server/main.ts

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { NestExpressApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
import register from '@react-ssr/nestjs-express/register';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(AppModule);

  // register `.tsx` as a view template engine
  await register(app);

  app.listen(3000, async () => {
    console.log(`> Ready on http://localhost:3000`);
  });
}

bootstrap();

./server/app.module.ts

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';

@Module({
  controllers: [
    AppController,
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

./server/app.controller.ts

import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  Render,
} from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  @Get()
  @Render('index') // this will render `views/index.tsx`
  public showHome() {
    const user = { name: 'NestJS' };
    return { user };
  }
}

./views/index.tsx

interface IndexProps {
  user: any;
}

const Index = ({ user }: IndexProps) => {
  return <p>Hello {user.name}!</p>;
};

export default Index;

Then just run npm start and go to http://localhost:3000, you'll see Hello NestJS!.

Examples

• examples/basic-blogging
• examples/basic-css-import
• examples/basic-dynamic-head
• examples/basic-jsx
• examples/basic-nestjs
• examples/basic-nestjs-nodemon
• examples/basic-tsx
• examples/custom-document
• examples/custom-views
• examples/with-jsx-antd
• examples/with-jsx-emotion
• examples/with-jsx-material-ui
• examples/with-jsx-semantic-ui
• examples/with-jsx-styled-components

Starters

• react-ssr-jsx-starter
• react-ssr-tsx-starter
• react-ssr-nestjs-starter

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