Welcome to your new TanStack Start app!
# Getting Started
To run this application:
```bash
bun install
bun --bun run dev
```
# Building For Production
To build this application for production:
```bash
bun --bun run build
```
## Testing
This project uses [Vitest](https://vitest.dev/) for testing. You can run the tests with:
```bash
bun --bun run test
```
## Styling
This project uses [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) for styling.
### Removing Tailwind CSS
If you prefer not to use Tailwind CSS:
1. Remove the demo pages in `src/routes/demo/`
2. Replace the Tailwind import in `src/styles.css` with your own styles
3. Remove `tailwindcss()` from the plugins array in `vite.config.ts`
4. Uninstall the packages: `bun install @tailwindcss/vite tailwindcss -D`
## Deploy with Nitro
This project uses Nitro as a generic server adapter, so it can run on any Node-compatible host.
```bash
npm run build
node dist/server/index.mjs
```
The build output is a self-contained Node server. To deploy, push the `dist/` directory to your host (Render, Fly.io, your own VPS, etc.) and run the server command above.
For host-specific presets (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, AWS Lambda, etc.) and tuning, see https://v3.nitro.build/deploy.
## Routing
This project uses [TanStack Router](https://tanstack.com/router) with file-based routing. Routes are managed as files in `src/routes`.
### Adding A Route
To add a new route to your application just add a new file in the `./src/routes` directory.
TanStack will automatically generate the content of the route file for you.
Now that you have two routes you can use a `Link` component to navigate between them.
### Adding Links
To use SPA (Single Page Application) navigation you will need to import the `Link` component from `@tanstack/react-router`.
```tsx
import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
```
Then anywhere in your JSX you can use it like so:
```tsx
About
```
This will create a link that will navigate to the `/about` route.
More information on the `Link` component can be found in the [Link documentation](https://tanstack.com/router/v1/docs/framework/react/api/router/linkComponent).
### Using A Layout
In the File Based Routing setup the layout is located in `src/routes/__root.tsx`. Anything you add to the root route will appear in all the routes. The route content will appear in the JSX where you render `{children}` in the `shellComponent`.
Here is an example layout that includes a header:
```tsx
import { HeadContent, Scripts, createRootRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
export const Route = createRootRoute({
head: () => ({
meta: [
{ charSet: 'utf-8' },
{ name: 'viewport', content: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1' },
{ title: 'My App' },
],
}),
shellComponent: ({ children }) => (
{children}
),
})
```
More information on layouts can be found in the [Layouts documentation](https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/guide/routing-concepts#layouts).
## Server Functions
TanStack Start provides server functions that allow you to write server-side code that seamlessly integrates with your client components.
```tsx
import { createServerFn } from '@tanstack/react-start'
const getServerTime = createServerFn({
method: 'GET',
}).handler(async () => {
return new Date().toISOString()
})
// Use in a component
function MyComponent() {
const [time, setTime] = useState('')
useEffect(() => {
getServerTime().then(setTime)
}, [])
return
Server time: {time}
}
```
## API Routes
You can create API routes by using the `server` property in your route definitions:
```tsx
import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
import { json } from '@tanstack/react-start'
export const Route = createFileRoute('/api/hello')({
server: {
handlers: {
GET: () => json({ message: 'Hello, World!' }),
},
},
})
```
## Data Fetching
There are multiple ways to fetch data in your application. You can use TanStack Query to fetch data from a server. But you can also use the `loader` functionality built into TanStack Router to load the data for a route before it's rendered.
For example:
```tsx
import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
export const Route = createFileRoute('/people')({
loader: async () => {
const response = await fetch('https://swapi.dev/api/people')
return response.json()
},
component: PeopleComponent,
})
function PeopleComponent() {
const data = Route.useLoaderData()
return (
{data.results.map((person) => (
{person.name}
))}
)
}
```
Loaders simplify your data fetching logic dramatically. Check out more information in the [Loader documentation](https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/guide/data-loading#loader-parameters).
# Demo files
Files prefixed with `demo` can be safely deleted. They are there to provide a starting point for you to play around with the features you've installed.
# Learn More
You can learn more about all of the offerings from TanStack in the [TanStack documentation](https://tanstack.com).
For TanStack Start specific documentation, visit [TanStack Start](https://tanstack.com/start).