simpler stack

simpler stack is a highly efficient, full-stack javascript framework built on state of the art technologies like React, Redux, RethinkDB, Apollo, Express, and Webpack

Speed up your workflow by taking advantage of the best of the newest technologies available. This boilerplate framework was created to make using all these new, powerful technologies a lot simpler.

special thanks to mattkrick for this awesome comparison table borrowed from his meatier repo

Problem	Meteor's solution	simpler's solution	Motivation
Database	MongoDB	RethinkDB	pub/sub, nice web GUI, easy clustering
Database schema	Simple Schema	GraphQL / ApolloServer	ApolloServer allows us to use shorthand schema language
Client validation	Simple Schema	Joi	extremely simple client-side validation via HOC
Database hooks	Collections2	GraphQL	who isn't using GraphQL anymore?
Forms	AutoForm	redux-form	automatic form validation, nice form state management
Client-side cache	Minimongo	redux	time travel, redo/undo, unidirectional data-flow
Socket server	DDP-server	socket.io	socket.io v1.0 is out, so that's cool
Authentication	Meteor accounts	JWTs	simple and efficient
Auth-transport	DDP	ApolloClient (via HTTP fetch)	ApolloClient gives some relay-like features without all the bloat
Front-end	Blaze	React	React is the future of UI development
Build system	meteor	webpack	Webpack to simplify building all the things
CSS	magically bundle & serve	aphrodite	inline styles, all the features of sass, works with server rendering
Optimistic UI	latency compensation	ApolloClient	optimistic ui with automatic rollback
Testing	Velocity (or nothing at all)	karma / mocha / chai / enzyme	JQuery-like selectors, automatic test re-run on code change, simple assertions
Linting	Your choice	eslint	the industry standard, live linting with atom plugin 'linter-eslint'
Routing	FlowRouter	react-router-redux	ssr capable react router, async routes
Server	Node 0.10.41	Node 5	...

##Installation

• brew install rethinkdb
• rethinkdb (in second terminal window)
• git clone this repo
• cd simpler-stack
• npm install

##Development

• npm run dev (hot reloaded dev server)

##Production

• npm run build
• npm run start

##Similar Projects

• https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example (Huge motivation for the architecture of this stack, this was the original boilerplate forked to create this stack)
• https://github.com/mattkrick/meatier (Another big motivation, but over complex. I also borrowed the table above from this repo)
• https://github.com/kriasoft/react-starter-kit
• https://github.com/GordyD/3ree

##Contributing

• Pull requests welcomed!
• Feel free to submit bug reports as an issue.

##Changelog

##License MIT