Learning Redux

Adding new build scripts for production and development

We will now add new package.json scripts for the production environment. To set environment variables, we will use the cross-env tool, which makes setting environment variables easier across various platforms. In production mode, we will serve the static .html and .js files through a simple web server. In this example, we will use the serve tool.

Let's get started adding build scripts:

1. Firstly, we install the required tools:

npm install --save cross-env serve shx

The shx tool lets us run Unix commands (like cp) on all platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).

2. Then, edit package.json and replace the scripts section with the following code:

"scripts": { "start": "npm run build:app && serve ...