Monorepo: Lerna Project Setup — React and Node.js Application under the same umbrella

Shuvo Habib
6 min readFeb 2, 2023
A Lion feeding it’s cubs

In the last few years, Monorepo has gained considerable adoption. People are discussing more and more, if they really need it or not..
In this article, we ‘ll discuss about monorepo along with building your first monorepo lerna project.

Table of contents

  • Prerequisites
  • What is Monorepo?
  • What is Lerna?
  • Setup React.js and Node.js project under the same umbrella
  • Few things to keep in mind, while deciding about Monorepo
  • Conclusion

Prerequisites

  • Node.js Installed
  • NPM Installed
  • Basic idea of React.js or Node.js ecosystem (Although, I have explained each and every lines of code)

What is monorepo?

A monorepo is a centralized repository that stores all the code for multiple projects in one place. This approach to code management can have several benefits, including improved collaboration between teams and individuals, increased code reuse and reduced duplication, and easier management of dependencies and versioning. By having all the code in one place…

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Shuvo Habib

I'm a storyteller about UX, Frontend dev technologies, and A/B testing