spikebrehm/isomorphic-tutorial resource

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A tutorial sample app demonstrating isomorphic (universal) JavaScript, built as a small Express blog that renders pages on the server and then renders subsequent navigation client-side with React, Director, and Superagent. It accompanies an Airbnb blog post on isomorphic JavaScript concepts.

Use cases

• learn isomorphic javascript concepts
• example of server-side rendering with react
• how to share code between client and server
• sample express app with client-side routing via pushstate
• understand universal javascript app architecture
• tutorial on rendering react on the server

When to choose

• you want a minimal, readable example of isomorphic JavaScript with React and Express
• you are learning how server rendering plus pushState navigation fit together
• you want a historical reference for pre-Next.js universal JS patterns

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready or maintained starter kit - the project is unmaintained since 2016
• you want modern tooling - it uses old Node 0.10, Grunt, and Browserify
• you need a full framework rather than a teaching example

Facets

learning-resource · maturity abandoned

ssr web-framework routing http-client ui-components templating web-development frontend backend tutorials isomorphic-javascript react express browserify pushstate universal-javascript sample-app tutorial nodejs javascript web-server

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