Generator Front to Back

A fullstack template generator. Get reliable starter templates for your React.js, Node.js, React.js + Node.js, Django, or Django + React.js apps. Configure authentication types, databases and much more in a matter of seconds instead of having to go through the hassle of industry research and setting it up yourselves.

Installation

First, install Yeoman and generator-front-to-back using npm (we assume you have pre-installed node.js).

npm install -g yo
npm install -g generator-front-to-back

Then generate your new project:

For React.js, Node.js or React.js + Node.js projects:-

yo front-to-back:javascript

For Django or Django + React.js projects:-

yo front-to-back:django

Answer a few simple questions and configure your app in a few seconds!

Features

Javascript

• React Router - optionally add react router to your project
• Redux - optionally use Redux with your React app for global state management. (Comes fully configured)
• Axios - optionally add axios configuration to start interacting with your backend right away
• Authentication support - setup JWT or session based authentication out of the box
• Database configuration - choose between a SQL or a No-SQL database and have it fully configured
• CORS - optionally add CORS to your backend
• Docker support - the project includes Dockerfile and Docker Compose as well for easy deployment
• Swagger - tool to design, build, document, and use RESTful web services

Django

• Django+React - quickly set up an already configured Django+React project
• Redux - optionally use Redux with your Django+React app for application state management
• Swagger - tool to design, build, document, and use RESTful web services
• Docker support - the project includes Dockerfile for easy set up
• JSON Web Tokens - use JWT to securely transmit information between parties as a JSON object
• PostgreSQL - front-to-back generator comes with an already configured Relational Database Management System, PostrgreSQL
• Heroku - quickly deploy your Django+React app to Heroku

License

MIT © [Guna Shekar]()