react-flask-heroku

Simple bootstrapping code to get you started with a React frontend and Flask backend ready to deploy to Heroku.

Dependencies

python3, npm, Heroku CLI

Setup

1. pip3 install -r requirements.txt
2. npm install

Running Locally

1. npm run build
2. heroku local

The application will be running at http://localhost:5000.

Deploying

First, create your app on Heroku. Then:

1. heroku git:remote -a {YOUR_APP_NAME}
2. heroku buildpacks:set heroku/python
3. heroku buildpacks:add --index 1 heroku/nodejs
4. git push heroku master

Project Structure

• Flask server is at app.py
• React components in src/