React Ecommerce template

React ecommerce template + Snipcart + DatoCMS

If you want to get started with React this is a good place to begin! This is a simple React ecommerce example to show you how React seamlessly integrates with Snipcart and DatoCMS, providing quickest way to get your ecommerce started.

Installing this template will:

• Clone a Github repo with a fully working example of a simple ecommerce, written in React and Typescript.
• Copy our DatoCMS template project to your DatoCMS account.
• Deploy on Vercel or Netlify your newly created ecommerce.

Resources

This template is explained in details in the related blog post. Follow the instructions to build it from scratch and delve deeper in how a React ecommerce is built.

You can see how it looks live on this demo installation.

Deploy on DatoCMS

If you want to set up a live demo for yourself, just sign up for a free DatoCMS account and click this button:

React ecommerce example usage

To run this project locally, install the dependencies of this project:

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npm install

Add an .env file containing the read-only API token of your DatoCMS site (set up with the demo button above):

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echo 'REACT_APP_DATO_API_READONLY_TOKEN=abc123' >> .env

Then, to run this website in development mode (with live-reload):

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npm run start

To build the final, production ready static website:

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npm run build

The final result will be saved in the public directory.