Q: how to switch off server-side rendering?

[Dmitry-N-Medvedev]

I desperately need this functionality to be able to produce static site.

PS: I am aware of https://github.com/koistya/react-static-boilerplate

[koistya]

I think @frenzzy is working on adding --static flag to the build script, making it generating only the static portion of the site. But that's not done yet.

If you need to switch server-side rendering, as a first step, you need to modify app.get('*', ...) middleware in server.js file to make it return the same empty HTML page for all HTTP requests.

[langpavel]

Why somebody wants to switch off server side rendering???

[Dmitry-N-Medvedev]

@langpavel,

1. react-starter-kit is just awesome for development. awesome.
2. big apps is not always an option. oftentimes, one has to implement just a simple app with few screens that must be exported as static html + css + js and be run solely on the client-side.