Getting Started

In the root directory of the project...

1. Install node modules yarn install or npm install.
2. Start development server yarn start or npm start.

Next Steps

Sample Data

Replace the sample data stored in /server/sampleData.js. Replace the default images stored in /src/images.

Adding a New Page

1. Create a folder in /src/components with your react components.
2. Add a route for your page to /src/App.js.
3. Add a button to the navigation bar in /src/components/NavBar/index.js.

Deployment

If you selected Azure App Service when creating your project, follow these steps:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + P in Windows/Linux or Shift ⇧ + Command ⌘ + P in Mac and type/select Web Template Studio: Deploy App to start deploying your app.
2. Once the deployment is done, click "Browse website" in the notification window on the lower right corner to check out your newly deployed app.

If you did not select Azure App Service and want to create a new Azure App Service web app, follow these steps:

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + P in Windows/Linux or Shift ⇧ + Command ⌘ + P in Mac and type/select Azure App Service: Create New Web App... to create a new web app.
   • Select your subscription
   • Enter your web app name
   • Select Linux as your OS
   • Select Node.js 10.14 for a Node/Express application, Python 3.7 for a Flask application
2. Press Ctrl + Shift + P in Windows/Linux or Shift ⇧ + Command ⌘ + P in Mac and type/select Web Template Studio: Deploy App to start deploying your app.
   • You will have to select the same subscription again
   • Find the web app that you've just created
   • Click "Yes" in the notification window on the lower right corner (build prompt)
   • Click "Deploy" on the window pop-up (deploy window)
   • Click "Yes" on the notification window on the lower right corner (default prompt)
3. Once the deployment is done, click "Browse website" in the notification window on the lower right corner to check out your newly deployed app.

Consider adding authentication and securing back-end API's by following Azure App Service Security.

Full documentation for deployment to Azure App Service can be found here: Deployment Docs.

File Structure

The front-end is based on create-react-app.

The back-end is based on Express Generator.

The front-end is served on http://localhost:3000/ and the back-end on http://localhost:3001/.

.
├── server/ - Express server that provides API routes and serves front-end
│ ├── routes/ - Handles API calls for routes
│ ├── app.js - Adds middleware to the express server
│ ├── sampleData.js - Contains all sample text data for generate pages
│ ├── constants.js - Defines the constants for the endpoints and port
│ └── server.js - Configures Port and HTTP Server
├── src - React front-end
│ ├── components - React components for each page
│ ├── App.jsx - React routing
│ └── index.jsx - React root component
└── README.md

Additional Documentation

• React - https://reactjs.org/

• React Router - https://reacttraining.com/react-router/

• Bootstrap CSS - https://getbootstrap.com/

• Express - https://expressjs.com/