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  npx create-react-app my-app # this does not install it globally
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Revision as of 19:33, 10 February 2021

  • Install Node
  • React dev tools for Chrome (optional)

Setting up a react project

npm init -y # 
npm install react react-dom
npm install @babel/core babel-loader @babel/preset-env @babel/preset-react
npm install webpack webpack-cli webpack-dev-server

code . # will open visual studio code in that directory
Create a 'src' folder in the project folder

mkdir src

create an 'index.html and index.js' in the src folder

initialize babel and webpack files

  1. on the root dir create a file
.bablerc and wepback.config.js

Edit the .bablerc file

{
   "presets":["@babel/preset-env", "@babel/react"]
}


Install some webpack helpers

npm install html-loader html-webpack-plugin

Edit the webpack.config.js file

const HtmlWebPackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin")
module.exports = {
   module:{
       rules:[
           {
               test: /\.(js|jsx)$/,
               exclude: /node_modules/,
               use:{
                   loader: "babel-loader"
               }
           },
           {
               test: /\.html$/,
               use: [
                   {
                       loader: "html-loader"
                   }
               ]
           }
       ]
   }
}
npx create-react-app my-app # this does not install it globally
cd my-app
npm start

Check if npm is installed

npm --version