React Server

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Post by uptown » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 4:58 PM UTC

React Server
react-server.io

Re: React Server

#2

Post by krebby » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:08 PM UTC

This looks cool. Any way to make it easily work with Relay?

Re: React Server

#3

Post by bsimpson » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:16 PM UTC

I'd really love to see a demo of what they mean by "seamless transitions."

Re: React Server

#4

Post by serg_chernata » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:18 PM UTC

bsimpson wrote: post #3

I'd really love to see a demo of what they mean by "seamless transitions."

I was thinking the same thing and this website doesn't seem to be powered by such technology either.

Re: React Server

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Post by pault » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:18 PM UTC

This is interesting, especially since I just spent the last two weeks setting up a boilerplate for a universal react/redux SPA on spec for a new client. I enjoy the flexibility but the need to develop a deep working knowledge of several independent libraries, transpilers, and build tool configuration files (each of which has several competing options with their own way of doing things) just to get to hello world is cost-prohibitive for most people, I'm sure. At the same time, I'm hesitant to go "all in" on a stack that I haven't heavily researched myself. If the developers are reading, can you go into some details about how you handle routing and data stores? Are you using off the shelf libraries or have you rolled your own?

Re: React Server

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Post by android521 » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

It doesn't seem like it is for beginners. Docs look at the author assumes everything is self-obvious. Need better tutorials.

Re: React Server

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Post by gigabo » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

serg_chernata wrote: post #4

bsimpson wrote: post #3

I'd really love to see a demo of what they mean by "seamless transitions."

I was thinking the same thing and this website doesn't seem to be powered by such technology either.

Actually, the website _is_ powered by React Server! :)

We wanted the project website to serve as a demonstration as well as a source for documentation.

Re: React Server

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Post by gigabo » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

bsimpson wrote: post #3

I'd really love to see a demo of what they mean by "seamless transitions."

The website itself is meant to serve as a demo. :)

When you land on the site the first page is rendered by the server. Then the client controller wakes up and subsequent page views ask the server for data, but render in the browser. That's what we mean by "seamless transitions".

Re: React Server

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Post by gigabo » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:25 PM UTC

android521 wrote: post #6

It doesn't seem like it is for beginners. Docs look at the author assumes everything is self-obvious. Need better tutorials.

Yes, definitely agree! We need better tutorials!

We need better docs in general. Contributions welcome! :D

Re: React Server

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 6:30 PM UTC

gigabo wrote: post #7

serg_chernata wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking the same thing and this website doesn't seem to be powered by such technology either.

Actually, the website _is_ powered by React Server! :) We wanted the project website to serve as a demonstration as well as a source for documentation.

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