ublog

Small and powerful blogging engine using Node and React

Tech Details

• Based on node.js + Express
• React and Webpack at its core
• Redis as a storage
• No huge frameworks
• No jQuery
• No syntax sugar. Less code = less bugs = less security vulnerabilities

Installation

For development:

• npm install -g nodemon
• npm install -g gulp
• npm install

Running in Development Mode

gulp run

This will run the server at http://localhost:4000 and will automatically rebuild everything.
You just need to refresh your webpage to reload latest changes.

Coding Style

• JavaScript Coding Style
  • "use strict"
  • Single quotes for javascript code, double quotes for embedded HTML code/strings
  • { on the same line as the previous statement
  • Comments should explain "why", not "what" is being done
  • Use "async" module to handle async tasks
• CSS Style: [TODO]

Software Architecture

The UBlog blogging platform consists of two big parts: backend (server) and frontend (client).
These parts share the components (isomorphic javascript) thanks to using React technology.