Simple Way to Create Your First React App

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. React is used to build single-page applications. To get started we will need to create a new React app or project which is super simple and seamless. A little knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript will also be important as you go further and deeper into it but for now, let’s just focus on creating a new app or project. Let’s get right into it.

Some apps Will be needed to do what we want to do and so it is highly recommended that we get them. They are;

1. Node.js

   https://nodejs.org/en

   Click the link above to download the latest version of it and if you already have it then make sure it’s updated

2. A Text Editor

   We will also need a text editor preferably Visual Studio code (VS code).

   https://code.visualstudio.com/

   Click the link above and make sure it is downloaded on your device after you have done all the necessary.

   Now we move

   First, let’s go to VS code and on the top of it you will see the option View. When you click it, then you search for the Terminal option and then click will open up the terminal in VS code.

   

   In the terminal we will write the command;

npx create-react-app money-will

The money-will is just a random name we are using as a template to guide us through the process. You can use any name but make sure they are all in small letters.

When we run this command a long process will begin to download all the files and applications needed to work with React

Then just as they suggested we run the command;

cd money-will

After you run the command above, you then run;

npm start

which will automatically open up our new React Project or Application and create a Folder in VS code for you.

Just with those short and simple steps you have launched your own React App. Thank you for reading and I hope I might have cleared Initial doubts about React.