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I have successfully served the index.html file of my React app, but the index.js that replaces <root> in the html file
with my first React component is not triggering on ReactDOM.render.
How do I get the index.js file to start? If my understanding of serving a React app is skewed in certain ways, I would greatly
appreciate clarification.
server.js
index.html
main.[hash].js - seems to be a minified version of index.js that contains the ReactDOM.render for
my React app// server.js
let app = express();
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client/public')));
This successfully loads the default index.html provided by create-react-app
// index.html
<body>
<noscript>
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
</noscript>
<div id="root"></div>
</body>
The above section of code may/may not be useful, but it is the default
html file that comes with create-react-app. Do I need to replace the
noscript tag with a script tag that references the minified index.js
file? I have attempted that, and nothing changed, but perhaps it is
because of incorrect relative path-making.
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In your node application, you can use node-static module to serve static resources. The node-static module is an HTTP static-file server module with built-in caching. First of all, install node-static module using NPM as below. After installing node-static module, you can create static file server in Node.
After trying many different things through trial/error, the solution is quite simple:
Serve the /client/build folder in the static call, like so:
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client/build')));
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