What is 'hot' about this boilerplate app?

[mikelambert]

I see it linked from https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader/tree/master/docs#starter-kits with description:

react-boilerplate-app (react (duh), router, webpack with dev server, babel, hot reloading)

And the README.md says:

A simple hot React app with webpack, routing, babel, dev server, css loader.

But I cannot find any hot-reloading code anywhere in this project...?

[vebits]

It is using the react-hot-loader dependency.

[mikelambert]

Don't you need to be running an actual hot server (that will check for updates, and send updates to the client) in order for this to actually work as a hot reloader?

import webpack from 'webpack';
import hotMiddleware from 'webpack-hot-middleware';
const compiler = ...a new webpack, containing an webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin instance
app.use(hotMiddleware(compiler));

And don't the rendered components need to use react-hot-loader to ensure they know to ask the server for updates?

import { AppContainer } from 'react-hot-loader';
ReactDOM.render(<AppContainer><MyActualComponent</AppContainer>, ...)

These were both necessary to make a hot reloader actually work for me, and this project doesn't have either of them. It just has the .babelrc reference (which I also had, but found to be insufficient).

[Sedaj]

Yes this doesn't work and need to be removed

[davidfufu]

Yup, hot reloading doesn't work here.