Lesson 13 - Rending HTML for root path ('/')

[pisrael]

Following the lesson 13 tutorial I wasn't able to render the full server side HTML for the root path ('/'). This is a very important thing for apps that relies on SEO.

The router:

The server code:

The result for the URL localhost:8080

Just as a benchmark, when requesting localhost:8080/about it works

How could I fix this issue using ReactRouter and also get the full HTML for the root path?

[UPDATE]
I was able to fix it myself.

The solution is to delete index.html from the public folder.
I suggest in the tutorial to ask the reader to delete his index.html once server side rendering is completed.

[rajaraodv]

This should be fixed by this: #271

[maquino1985]

I ran into this same issue. When I fixed the issue (either deleting index.html or as described in #271 ) whenever I follow any link in the app, the server is called to rerender the page.

edit: I found the problem... a missing quote mark in the renderPage() function. Oy...

Also I noticed that in project 14 webpack.server.config.js is edited and node: __dirname and __filename are set to false instead of true. I don't know why but the inconsistency is confusing.