React tutorial on Docker

This is a sample project to try the React tutorial on Docker. By using this, you can make the docker container which allows you to make a trial of React. To lean more about React tutorial, please read the React Tutorial below.

http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tutorial.html

Required softwares

• Docker
• Docker Machine (Mac OS X)
• Web Browser

Clone this repository

mkdir react_tutorial
cd react_tutorial
git clone https://github.com/bravewood/react-tutorial-docker .

Build image

docker build -t bravewood/react .

Run the container

bash run_docker.sh

Use the sample application

open the url

http://<your docker machine ip>:3000/

Show active containers

docker ps

Stop the container

docker stop my-react

Delete the container image

docker rm my-react

Login to the container shell

docker exec -i -t my-react /bin/bash

Compile your jsx code

To compile your code written in JSX style, you should execute the browserify command below.

# after logged in to the container shell

cd react-tutorial-master/
browserify -t reactify ./public/scripts/app.jsx -o ./public/scripts/app.js

Install an additional node module

# after logged in to the container shell

cd react-tutorial-master/
npm install watchify

How to edit the codes of the tutorial

After you execute the run_docker.sh command, your local codes will be mounted on the docker container and served by node server. That means, you will be able to edit the codes of tutorial and then the changes will be reflected on your browser immediately. Let's try to edit the codes located in lib/react-tutorial-master/public directory.