Django React Redux JWT Base Project (opens in new tab)

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38 pointslfrodrigues10y ago26 comments

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Note: JWT is JSON Web Token in this case, not Java Web Toolkit. This was very confusing to me as JWT is only mentioned in the title but not anywhere else in the README.

pacomerh10y ago

right! you can't just put JWT in there. I saw that and was like...maybe we went too far? hehe

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

Hey, I'm the developer. I've corrected the readme. Thanks!

gitaarik10y ago

Not sure why the `accounts` app is included [0]. As seen from the comments [1] in the `models.py` it looks like it's from an existing project, don't think this should be in a boilerplate project.

Nevertheless, nice boilerplate project :).

[0] https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/tre...

[1] https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

You're right. I copy pasted some code from some projects to build this generic one. A colleague will fix it in a few minutes :)

rahimnathwani10y ago

Including the 'accounts' app is actually pretty useful. Then even a newcomer to react and redux can see how the front and back end are hooked up.

I'd encourage anyone to look at these files:

Auth action (which depends on the accounts app and DRF): https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

Auth Reducer (which changes redux state based on the outcome of login/logout actions): https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

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sawyerjhood10y ago

Very niche, but if you need it this could definitely save you a few hours. I wish I had this last weekend for a hackathon where I used a stack very similar to this. I spent longer than I should have to get webpack up and running with Django.

mrdrozdov10y ago

Silly question, but can't you run Django to serve your backend API, and Webpack to serve your static assets including javascript, then use an http proxy like Nginx to serve them under the same url?

d21510y ago

well for development that's a good idea. For production you don't want to have webpack serving anything, you want it compiled, right?

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kev00910y ago

This sounds horrifying, less is more.

robertfw10y ago

Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler

For real world projects you end up needing a fair bit of stuff. I'm using a pretty similar stack and once you are up and running the majority of it falls into the background and your day to day work generally involves working only with an easy to use top layer.

andybak10y ago

Excellent. I look forward to seeing your assembly language web framework.

Joking aside - I'm actually going to call you out on a throwaway, crown-pleasing comment. You'd please the crowd a lot less if you added more detail as everyone would suddenly discover their sweet spot in the 'roll your own vs re-use' wars didn't coincide with yours.

It's a little like standing on a soap box and shouting "freedom!". Everyone can get behind a content-free message.

elcapitan10y ago

At first glance I thought it was a parody and looked if both Angular and React were included.

tom_usher10y ago

Great work, I've been enjoying using this exact stack recently - this has definitely taught me a few things.

The main thing I'm still trying to get my head round with React/Redux/Router is where in the lifecycle to do data fetching - I noticed you're doing it in componentWillMount, when the React docs suggest componentDidMount, and I've seen others do it in various other ways with no clear indication what the 'best practice' approach is.

pergomes10y ago

I understand your thoughts and normally we follow the React docs suggestions for generic components. We place data fetching code in componentWillMount in those cases we want to win some time, but if it's not the case I would recommend to place it in componentDidMount as React docs suggests.

hiphipjorge10y ago

What would be the best way to include some form of web sockets server/realtime pub-sub into this á la Socket.io? What's the best way to do this in Django? I feel this is an important component of any new modern web project, but it seems to be ignored here.

017210y ago

Take a look at https://github.com/andrewgodwin/channels

chiliap210y ago

Does this render all the React content server-side first? I wasn't able to figure out from an initial glance through the files.

ivansavz10y ago

No. I was looking for that too.

Some prior work on that front is: https://github.com/markfinger/python-webpack --- requires a node.js server to run in tandem. Tried it a couple of months ago, and worked, but not sure how it will handle lots of load...

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

This was exactly our analysis. Since most of our apps don't need to be isomorphic/universal we didn't pursue this avenue.

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

No it does not, it serves a index.html with react/css.

memonkey10y ago

You could put all of this into Vagrant or Otto with a bash file to set up the dependencies to get it going.

jdimov910y ago

Ugh! Blah. Spit.

andybak10y ago

Which particular religious faction involved in this are you railing against?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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jonesetc10y ago

Note: JWT is JSON Web Token in this case, not Java Web Toolkit. This was very confusing to me as JWT is only mentioned in the title but not anywhere else in the README.

pacomerh10y ago

right! you can't just put JWT in there. I saw that and was like...maybe we went too far? hehe

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

Hey, I'm the developer. I've corrected the readme. Thanks!

gitaarik10y ago

Not sure why the `accounts` app is included [0]. As seen from the comments [1] in the `models.py` it looks like it's from an existing project, don't think this should be in a boilerplate project.

Nevertheless, nice boilerplate project :).

[0] https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/tre...

[1] https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

You're right. I copy pasted some code from some projects to build this generic one. A colleague will fix it in a few minutes :)

rahimnathwani10y ago

Including the 'accounts' app is actually pretty useful. Then even a newcomer to react and redux can see how the front and back end are hooked up.

I'd encourage anyone to look at these files:

Auth action (which depends on the accounts app and DRF): https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

Auth Reducer (which changes redux state based on the outcome of login/logout actions): https://github.com/Seedstars/django-react-redux-jwt-base/blo...

1 more reply

sawyerjhood10y ago

mrdrozdov10y ago

Silly question, but can't you run Django to serve your backend API, and Webpack to serve your static assets including javascript, then use an http proxy like Nginx to serve them under the same url?

d21510y ago

well for development that's a good idea. For production you don't want to have webpack serving anything, you want it compiled, right?

1 more reply

kev00910y ago

This sounds horrifying, less is more.

robertfw10y ago

Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler

andybak10y ago

Excellent. I look forward to seeing your assembly language web framework.

It's a little like standing on a soap box and shouting "freedom!". Everyone can get behind a content-free message.

elcapitan10y ago

At first glance I thought it was a parody and looked if both Angular and React were included.

tom_usher10y ago

Great work, I've been enjoying using this exact stack recently - this has definitely taught me a few things.

pergomes10y ago

hiphipjorge10y ago

017210y ago

Take a look at https://github.com/andrewgodwin/channels

chiliap210y ago

Does this render all the React content server-side first? I wasn't able to figure out from an initial glance through the files.

ivansavz10y ago

No. I was looking for that too.

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

This was exactly our analysis. Since most of our apps don't need to be isomorphic/universal we didn't pursue this avenue.

lfrodriguesOP10y ago

No it does not, it serves a index.html with react/css.

memonkey10y ago

You could put all of this into Vagrant or Otto with a bash file to set up the dependencies to get it going.

jdimov910y ago

Ugh! Blah. Spit.

andybak10y ago

Which particular religious faction involved in this are you railing against?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse