Setting Up the Environment and Tools – Frontend

This chapter describes the development environment and tools that are needed with React. This chapter is needed to be able to start frontend development. We will create a simple starter React app by using the Create React App starter kit made by Facebook.

In this chapter, we will look into the following:

• Installing Node.js and VS Code
• Creating a React.js app using create-react-app
• Running a React.js app
• Installing React Developer Tools