Laravel React SSR Proof of Concept

This is a sample project that uses React.js SSR(Server side rendering) with Laravel. It also demonstrates the use of routing and forms.

There are 2 folders:

• frontend : contains the React project
• backend : contains php Laravel project

Frontend project

To get started, do the following:

Swtich to the frontend folder: cd frontend

1. Install npm packages:

yarn install

2. Run development server:

yarn dev

3. Build production bundle:

yarn build

This step bundles all static resources and and adds them to: ./backend/public/ folder.

Backend project

This project uses the spatie/laravel-server-side-rendering package.

Swtich to the backend folder: cd backend

To get started:

1. Install composer packages

composer install

2. Set up the NODE_PATH environment variable in your .env:

ENV=production
NODE_PATH=/path/to/my/node

for nvm users:

NODE_PATH='/Users/<USERNAME>/.nvm/versions/node/v<NODE_VERSION>/bin/node'

3. Run:

php artisan serve