Getting started
The complete code for this chapter can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/React-Projects-Second-Edition/tree/main/Chapter01.
For the applications created in this book, you'll need to have at least Node.js v14.17.0 installed on your machine so that you can run npm commands. If you haven't installed Node.js on your machine, please go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/, where you can find the download instructions for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
After installing Node.js, run the following commands in your command line to check the installed versions:
- For Node.js (which should be v14.17.0 or higher), use this:
node -v
- For npm (which should be v6.14.3 or higher), use this:
npm -v
Also, you should have installed the React Developer Tools plugin (for Chrome and Firefox) and added it to your browser. This plugin can be installed from the Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore) or Firefox Add-ons (https:/...