React

Frameworks and Libraries

Frameworks and libraries are (pretty much) necessary for full-scale web applications. These frameworks and libraries make it easier for developers to create reusable web components and use other, pre-written components.

Getting Started with React

1. Install Node (more specifically, only npm is necessary but Node will be used in future sections).
2. In your command prompt or terminal, run npm install -g create-react-app.
3. In your projects directory, run create-react-app new-dir-name where new-dir-name is the name of the app.
4. cd new-dir-name
5. npm start
   Note: If you already have npm installed, make sure it is updated to the most recent version.

If you ran all the steps correctly, an application should be running at http://localhost:3000/.

Resources

• React Documentation
• React Express