using lws for react front-end webapp builds?

[JamesKoenig]

Hiya! I've been using local-web-server as a dev tool while contributing to a foss webapp, given that it allows me to avoid CORS issues.

While working on things for it, I started to wonder about making a fork that used react to clean up and organize the codebase, and saw that the readme for ws specifically lists react as something it could be used as part of the build process for:
i.e. README.md, line 22:

Build any type of front-end web application (static, dynamic, Single Page App, Progessive Web App, React etc).

I'm confused as to where to learn more about using local-web-server for building & developing front-end web applications more generally. As it stands, the README is the only location react is mentioned throughout the entire project.

I realize that the question of implementing a project build might be outside the scope of ws's intended documentation; For seemingly comparable tools, like webpack, that kind of thing tends to be relegated to random developer's blog posts; but, I was hoping for some insight about how to get underway with using ws in building a react application.

Any insight is appreciated. React's articles on adding it to an existing project want people to use Vite, which would likely replace local-web-server in my environment if I were to do that, and community articles on the topic tend to refer to using babel.

[75lb]

You can host any website using local-web-server, whether using plain HTML, CSS and JS or a highly-opinionated DSL like React.. Just keep in mind local-web-server is just a web server, not a build tool.. You need to build your React site yourself using your regular tools, then the final output (the compiled html, css, js etc resources) can be hosted using local-web-server.. If your react app is a SPA then you'll probably need to use ws --spa..

[JamesKoenig]

thank you!! I wasn't sure if I was misreading the source and the readme since it said build but that clarifies everything I saw 😊