This repo is a demonstration / sketch for a react+redux frontend with a golang API backend that demonstrates:

• Use of higher-level components to protect pages in the frontend that require authorization
• react-mdl for the design
• React router to route stuff
• Redux and redux-thunk for state management
• Multiple redux reducers using combineReducers
• UI handling for long running API calls
• JWT signing for authenticating API calls
• Proper handling for CORS in Gorilla mux
• Setting headers with fetch API
• An npm scripts based build approach with support for watchify and gin

I set it up to server as a micro-lab for working with various authentication options. It took me a lot of research to get all the tiny details right (especially the CORS, JWT, and react login stuff), so I thought I'd share it.

This video provides an overview of the app:

If there is interest, I'll make another post / video with more detail on how things work. So, if you want to see that, star the repo!

To run it

First, you need a working Golang environment (1.5+)

• Clone the repo
• npm install
• npm run frontend
• go get to download the go packages

Open your browser to localhost:8000/dist

What's Missing

I should also add this stuff

• Godeps support
• Encryption / HTTPS support for the API
• Encryption for the JWT token