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5,627JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

A complete example social blogging app built with React and Redux, showing how to build a real-world frontend with user auth, articles, and comments.

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  root((react-redux-realworld))
    What it does
      Social blogging site
      User auth and profiles
      Articles and comments
      Follow and favorite
    Tech Stack
      React
      Redux
      JavaScript
      npm
    Use Cases
      Learn Redux patterns
      Frontend starter template
      Compare with other stacks
    Audience
      Frontend developers
      Beginners learning Redux
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Learn how React and Redux work together in a realistic full-featured app by studying the complete source code.

USE CASE 2

Use it as a starter template for a frontend app that needs user authentication, article creation, and comments.

USE CASE 3

Compare how a React/Redux frontend is structured versus other tech stacks through the RealWorld project.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptReactReduxnpm

How does it compare?

gothinkster/react-redux-realworld-example-appquarto-dev/quarto-cliassaf/zombie
Stars5,6275,6265,631
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/53/52/5
Audiencedeveloperresearcherdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires Node.js and npm, a public test API is provided so no backend setup is needed.

License information is not mentioned in the explanation.

So what is it?

This repository is a complete example web application called Conduit, which is a social blogging site similar in concept to Medium. It exists as a teaching resource to show how to build a real-world frontend application using React and Redux, two popular JavaScript tools for building web interfaces and managing application state. React is a library for building user interfaces out of reusable components, and Redux is a tool for keeping all of an app's data in one central place so that different parts of the interface stay in sync. This project demonstrates how they work together in a realistic setting, covering things like user authentication, creating and editing articles, leaving comments, following other users, and favoriting posts. The app is a frontend only, meaning it handles what the user sees and interacts with in the browser. It connects to a backend server over a standard API to fetch and save data. A live public API is available for testing so you can run the frontend locally without needing to set up a server yourself. If you want to swap in a different backend, you change one line in the source code. To run it yourself, you clone the repository, install dependencies with npm (a standard package manager for JavaScript projects), and start the local development server. The app will be available in your browser at a local address. The README also points to a live demo if you just want to see it in action without setting anything up. The codebase is described as feature complete, meaning the authors are not adding new functionality. It is maintained for learning purposes, with a wiki that explains the patterns used. It was originally created as a reference implementation for the broader RealWorld project, which collects example apps built with many different technology stacks so developers can compare approaches.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I cloned react-redux-realworld-example-app and want to understand how Redux manages user authentication. Walk me through the relevant files, actions, reducers, and how state flows.
Prompt 2
Help me swap the public Conduit API endpoint in react-redux-realworld-example-app to point to my own backend server. Which file do I change?
Prompt 3
Explain how the article editor in this React/Redux Conduit app sends data to the API and updates global state after a successful save.
Prompt 4
I want to add a bookmarks feature to react-redux-realworld-example-app. What Redux actions and reducers do I need, and which components should consume the new state?
Prompt 5
Walk me through how the RealWorld Conduit app handles routing between pages like home, article, and profile using React Router.

Frequently asked questions

What is react-redux-realworld-example-app?

A complete example social blogging app built with React and Redux, showing how to build a real-world frontend with user auth, articles, and comments.

What language is react-redux-realworld-example-app written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, React, Redux.

What license does react-redux-realworld-example-app use?

License information is not mentioned in the explanation.

How hard is react-redux-realworld-example-app to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is react-redux-realworld-example-app for?

Mainly developer.

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