Medium Blog - WebSockets React & Go - Setup Node/React.js Environment

medium_blog_be6330ad547d_SetupNodeReactEnvironment.sh

# make frontend directory and change to that directory
mkdir -p ~/blog-goreactsockets/frontend && cd ~/blog-goreactsockets/frontend
# create webpack configuration file
echo "module.exports = {
  entry: [
    './src/index.js'
  ],
  module: {
    loaders: [
        {
            test: /\.js|.jsx?$/,
            exclude: /(node_modules)/,
            loader: 'babel-loader',
            query: {
                presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-2']
            }
        }
    ]
},
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['*', '.js', '.jsx']
  },
  output: {
    path: __dirname + '/dist',
    publicPath: '/',
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  devServer: {
    contentBase: './dist'
  }
};" > webpack.config.js
# create node package.json package management/configuration file
echo '{
  "name": "frontend",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --progress --colors --config ./webpack.config.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "events": "^1.1.1",
    "react": "^16.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^16.2.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.24.1",
    "webpack": "^3.10.0",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^2.11.1"
  }
}' > package.json
# configure babel to handle esX (es5, es6...)
echo '{ "presets": ["react", "es2015"] }' > .babelrc
# install node project dependencies
npm install .