dev()

Create a Reactus development engine with Vite middleware and hot reload support.

import { dev } from 'reactus';

const engine = dev({
  cwd: process.cwd(),
  basePath: '/',
  clientRoute: '/client'
});

Use dev() when you want to:

• render pages directly from source files
• run Vite middleware through your server
• use React fast refresh and Vite transforms during development

Common properties

The returned object exposes:

Common methods

http(req, res)

Pass a request through Vite and Reactus middleware.

await engine.http(req, res);
if (res.headersSent) return;

Use this before your own route handling.

render(entry, props?)

Render a page entry to final HTML.

const html = await engine.render('@/pages/home', { title: 'Home' });

set(entry)

Add an entry to the manifest and return its Document.

const document = await engine.set('@/pages/home');

renderHMR(entry)

Return the transformed HMR client module for a page entry.

const code = await engine.renderHMR('@/pages/home');

absolute(entry) and id(entry)

Resolve a page entry to its absolute source path or generated document id.

Related

• Development server guide
• Server
• DocumentRender