Ask HN: Is there a create-react-app option that does as much as ngx-rocket?

1 pointscnuss4y ago3 comments

Hey everyone!

I recently came across ngx-rocket (https://ngx-rocket.github.io/home) which does a pretty good job at creating a fully functional Angular app with a a lot of the bootstrapping done for you.

Does anyone know if there is something similar for React and widely used like create-react-app (CRA)?

I've seen a --template option on CRA, but I've been unable to find a template gallery/library.

From what I gather, redux, redux-saga, axios, bootstrap, etc (to name a few) would be pretty standard frameworks to add.

Let me know what you've found!

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PaulHoule4y ago· 2 in thread

I added axios when I made a small CRA app, it was the only thing I was tempted to add. The kind of people who just wrote their 12th blog post about how "I finally understand monads this time" might want redux; if I had any question about how to handle states v. props I might add mobx.

I need a CSS framework like I need a brain tumor. With CSS you can learn CSS and make a web site look like you want. With bootstrap you can learn CSS and learn bootstrap and almost make a web site look like you want.

cnussOP4y ago

True, I'll put "bootstrap" in the extreme maybe area, especially since CSS frameworks are so easy to wire in.

My previous work with React found an huge need for other things, such as redux and redux-saga, and found myself wasting a lot of time wiring that up just to get some text to change in the HTML based on a remote API call, but, personally, as I'm comparatively a n00b with React, I'd really like be prescribed a foundational structure for a new project.

PaulHoule4y ago

Make your own.

Stuff that is closely integrated with the build system could be hard for beginners to add but if you just want a package or two they are easy to add.

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