You don't need an Express server though. Better use live-server, even better, use webpack-dev-server which not only run the app on localhost but also supports HMR for CSS, JS along with in-memory compilation for faster dev builds and has historyFallbackApi option. Express server is simply an overkill, not to mention the management overhead.
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You don't need an Express server though. Better use live-server, even better, use webpack-dev-server which not only run the app on localhost but also supports HMR for CSS, JS along with in-memory compilation for faster dev builds and has historyFallbackApi option. Express server is simply an overkill, not to mention the management overhead.
An why using --save-dev. Will it still work without using --save-dev?
Google it.
I was about to mention just this
Great article though @underscorecode