Getting started with react

Firstly, React is a popular JavaScript library for building UI, especially for single-page applications. It allows developers to create reusable components and efficiently manage the state of their applications. In this blog, I'll go through the process of setting up a React project and many more.

Prerequisites
Before getting into the react or creating react project, you must have to install the following tools.

1. Node.js: you can download the latest version of Node.js from the official website: https://nodejs.org/en.
2. Code Editor: You can use any editor that your comfortable with, I highly recommended to use VSCode.

How to create a project

1. Open command prompt or your terminal.
2. Run the following cmd

//Replace my-app with the name of your project.
npx create-react-app my-app

//navigate to your project directory
cd my-app 

//this cmd helps us to run our script
npm start 

Folder Structure

my-app/
├── node_modules/
├── public/
│   ├── index.html
│   └── manifest.json
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   ├── App.css
│   ├── App.js
│   ├── App.test.js
│   ├── index.css
│   ├── index.js
│   └── reportWebVitals.js
├── .gitignore
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
└── README.md

1. node_modules: A directory where all the dependencies like libraries and packages required by your project are stored.

2. src: The source folder that contains all your React application code. This is where you write the components, styles, and logic for your React application.

3. package.json: A JSON file that contains metadata about your project and the dependencies it requires. It manages the project's dependencies, scripts, version, and other things.

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