Isomorphic Web Applications

Chapter 7. Building the server

This chapter covers

• Setting up Node.js with Express
• Writing Express middleware
• Using React Router on the server to handle view routing
• Rendering React on the server with the renderToString function
• Fetching data on the server using Redux
• Implementing a static method on your components to handle data fetching

This chapter is all about the code that needs to happen on the server. I’ll cover server-specific topics including using Express and using your component and routing code on the server. For example, you’ll learn how to declare the actions of your application in a way that allows the server to fetch them automatically on every page render.

Yes, you read that correctly: you’re going to run your React, React ...