# Build and deploy the React and Vite starter

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Create and preview a production build locally:

```bash
npm run build
npm run preview
```

Vite writes static output to `dist`. Deploy that directory with a static host or place it behind
your application server.

## Hosting requirements

The starter uses browser routing. Configure the host to serve `index.html` as the fallback for
application routes such as `/contact/standard`; otherwise direct navigation to those URLs can
return the host's 404 page.

The default connector proxy exists only in the development server. Production submission must use
an application-owned server endpoint. Configure that endpoint explicitly rather than assuming the
development `/api` proxy will be present after deployment.

## Before deployment

- Run `npm run lint` and `npm run build`.
- Review the generated bundle-size warning and introduce code splitting when application growth
  makes the initial download inappropriate.
- Keep local `.env` files out of version control.
- Confirm that no secrets are embedded in the generated assets.
- Test direct navigation to every public application route.
- Review the [security policy](https://github.com/paqu-io/form0-web-tmpl-react-vite/blob/main/SECURITY.md).

Vite environment values intended for browser code are statically embedded at build time. Treat
them as public configuration, even when they originate in a local environment file.