Universal Relay Boilerplate and Rebar

Universal Relay Boilerplate (URB for short) is an open source project available on GitHub.

Rebar is built on top of the Universal Relay Boilerplate and extends its capabilities. The information here applies to both Rebar and Universal Relay Boilerplate, unless specifically noted.

• Technologies Used. Overview of the technologies used and their role in boilerplate.
• Development Workstation Setup. Configuring a development environment on MacOS X.
• Configuration. Configuring the boilerplate.
• NPM Tasks. List of tasks available through NPM for Rebar.
• Project Structure. Structure of the project and its files and folders.
• Native App Setup. Steps to set up the react-native apps from scratch.
• Troubleshooting. Common errors and ways to troubleshoot them.

Production Setup

The following steps need to be taken to set up a Rebar project on a production server:

• Setting up Ubuntu Droplet on Digital Ocean. Setting up SSH keys and creating a droplet on Digital Ocean.
• Setting up Cassandra on Digital Ocean. Setting up Cassandra on Digital Ocean.
• Setting up Node.js on Digital Ocean. Setting up Node.js on Digital Ocean.
• Setting Up UptimeRobot. Setting up Uptime Robot to monitor a Rebar solution.

Units and Examples

A complete list of Rebar Units and Examples is available.

Architecture and Details

The following documents explain in detail certain aspects of the architecture in depth:

• Cassandra, meet Relay. Relay, meet Cassandra. Explanation of how Cassandra and Express GraphQL work together.
• Isomorphic React Relay. Explains the approach to isomorphism taken in implementing the starter kit.
• Isomorphic Server Variables. Using variables and settings in an isomorphic application - client rendering, server rendering.
• SEO Using Isomorphic Application With Relay and Helmet. How to make SEO-friendly pages with React, Relay and Helmet.

Additional resources

The following documents, while not explicitly related to the boilerplate, can be useful while running and modifying the kit:

• Cassandra Cheatsheet. List of common commands in CQL.
• Cassandra Installation on Mac. Simple steps for setting up an instance of Cassandra for development.
• Elassandra Installation on Mac. Simple steps for setting up an instance of Elassandra for development.
• Git Cheatsheet. Some useful git commands.
• React Cheatsheet. Techniques for working with React used in the starter kit.
• Where to Store Your JWTs - Cookies vs HTML5 Web Storage. Explains the advantages of using HTTP only cookies.
• Build Application Images. Explains the inner workings of the build-app-images tool for Converting of SVG images to PNG for use in React Native.