Adding a catch-all route for serving a Single Page Application (SPA) from the backend allows you to serve the entire application from a single port, typically the backend port (port 8888 in this case), instead of running separate servers for the backend and frontend (on ports 8888 and 3000). This simplifies deployment and potentially improves performance by reducing network overhead. After adding this route, users can access the application through the backend port, and the frontend will be served seamlessly. However, it's essential to build the frontend application before deploying (using the npm run build command) to ensure that the frontend assets are available to be served by the backend.
Related Issues
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Steps to Test
navigate to the frontend folder cd frontend
build the app npm run build
navigate to the backend folder cd ../backend
start the backend npm run dev
open this link in the browser http://localhost:8888
if it opens and you can login then everything works fine
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Description
Adding a catch-all route for serving a Single Page Application (SPA) from the backend allows you to serve the entire application from a single port, typically the backend port (port 8888 in this case), instead of running separate servers for the backend and frontend (on ports 8888 and 3000). This simplifies deployment and potentially improves performance by reducing network overhead. After adding this route, users can access the application through the backend port, and the frontend will be served seamlessly. However, it's essential to build the frontend application before deploying (using the
npm run build
command) to ensure that the frontend assets are available to be served by the backend.Related Issues
No related issues this is a feature
Steps to Test
cd frontend
npm run build
cd ../backend
npm run dev
http://localhost:8888
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