Overview

The hapi-react-starter-kit is a starter kit that combines the hapi server framework with React JS library for building user interfaces. It also includes a number of additional features such as react-router for keeping the UI in sync with the URL, Redux for Flux implementation, and React-Helmet for document head server-side rendering. The kit is built with ES6 and ES7 readiness using BabelJs, and includes linting with eslint & jscs, testing with karma and mocha, and API validation with Joi.

Features

• Hapi server framework for Node.js
• React JS Library for user interfaces
• Webpack + React-transform and react-transform-hmr
• React Router for keeping UI in sync with the URL
• Flux implementation using Redux
• Document Head SSR by React-Helmet
• ES6 and ES7 ready with BabelJs
• Linting with eslint & jscs
• Testing with karma, mocha, isparta, webpack, sinon-chai
• Coverage with karma-coverage
• API Interface with Swagger
• API Validation with Joi
• Database for storing user data (CRUD) using Redis
• Password encryption using Iron
• Promises with bluebird
• Fetch with isomorphic-fetch
• Authentication with OAuth2 (Refresh/Access tokens)
• Token Encoding with node-jsonwebtoken
• Token Encryption with node-forge
• Internationalization with react-intl by Yahoo
• Real-time messaging using Socket.io
• Inline CSS Styling with Radium
• OpenShift deployment ready
• Theming System (work in progress)
• Extensions System (work in progress)

Installation

To use the hapi-react-starter-kit, you can clone the repository or install it using npm. Here are the steps for installation:

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository_url>

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Run the production server:

npm run start:prod

4. Run the development server:

npm run start:dev

5. To run linting:

npm run lint

6. To run tests:

npm run test

7. To check coverage, check the coverage folder after running the tests.

Summary

The hapi-react-starter-kit is a comprehensive starter kit for building applications using the hapi server framework and React JS library. It includes a wide range of features such as routing, Flux implementation, API interface with validation, database integration, authentication, internationalization, real-time messaging, and more. The kit also provides a theming and extensions system for easy customization and extendability. With its ease of installation and extensive features, the hapi-react-starter-kit is a powerful tool for developers looking to build React applications with the hapi server framework.