Summary

In this chapter, you've created a single-page application for React from scratch and learned about core React concepts. This chapter started with you creating a new project with Webpack and Babel. These libraries help you compile and run your JavaScript and React code in a browser with minimal setup. Then, we described how to structure a React application, and this structure will be used throughout this book. Also, you learned about state management and data fetching using React Hooks and basic styling with Bootstrap. The principles that were applied provided you with the basics from which to create React applications from nothing and structure them in a scalable way.

If you've worked with React before, then these concepts probably weren't that hard to grasp. If you haven't, then don't worry if some concepts felt strange to you. The upcoming chapters will build upon the features that you used in this chapter, giving you enough time to fully understand...