Deployment
Your React client will run in development mode by default. When you want to deploy to a live server, you must build the front-end and serve the static files.
// build the client
cd client && npm run build
You can run this file before you deploy or set it as a
post-build script in package.json if your hosting provider supports post-build scripts. Gravity includes the Heroku post-build script for you already.If you want to serve the static files in the same production environment as your server, you will need to add the following lines to
server.js// serve static files in production
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'){
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'client/build')));
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/client/build/index.html'))
});
}
```
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