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Set up a modern web app by running one command.
165 mentions on Hacker News by 122 people: 31 stories, 134 comments · first 2016-07-22 · latest 2026-03-14
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Create React App 3.0story by johnny_reilly · 2019-04-22 · 0 comments
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…Click through to the actual page, though, and you get a single, simple set of startup commands. https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app#quick-overview EDIT: For reference, the URL where I see the ambiguous startup steps:…
comment by brlewis · 2019-04-22 · in Comparing JVM alternatives to JavaScript -
…a real pain, but create-react-app handles all of the config for you, and is a pretty great tool: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app I'm no expert, but if you have any specific questions about any of this, I'll do my best to point…
comment by 9935c101ab17a66 · 2019-04-04 · in Gimli – A Visual Studio Code extension for front-end developers -
…combined, but surprisingly userfriendly still. To easily try this with just about any IDE check out https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
comment by barrystaes · 2019-04-03 · in New year, same old plans -
…you might want to evaluate next.js [0] and create-react-app [1]. [0] https://nextjs.org/ [1] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
comment by TheAceOfHearts · 2019-04-01 · in Ask HN: Is all programming constantly changing or just front-end JavaScript? -
…from 1.x to 2.x [2] [0]( https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/advanced-co... ) [1]( https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/CHA... ) [2]( https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/CHA... ) That…
comment by petetnt · 2019-02-19 · in A Newly-Generated Create-React-App 2.1.5 App Has 1,568 Dependencies -
…side projects. React is pretty annoying to set up yourself since it needs to be compiled, so use https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app to spin up quickly or just host vanilla html/css/js and slowly transition to react as you please.…
comment by PacifyFish · 2019-01-05 · in Ask HN: Go-to web stack today? -
…purpose and easier to use. If you're up to sinking a few hours into it, try create-react-app ( https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app ) and then use a react component library like material ui ( https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui )
comment by rices · 2018-12-07 · in Ask HN: How do you manage UI/UX for your side projects? -
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Create React App Adds Support for TypeScriptstory by Vinnl · 2018-10-30 · 1 comment
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Diff of the pull request: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4837/commi...
comment by davidjnelson · 2018-10-22 · in TypeScript support added to Create React App -
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TypeScript support added to Create React Appstory by mattwoodnyc · 2018-10-22 · 87 comments
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…when it comes to DOM manipulations. 2) The generator is made with ReactJS. I'm so grateful to https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app for saving tons of time with configuring the building. Authentication runs on Google Firebase. And I…
comment by alexanderisora · 2018-10-04 · in Show HN: Unicorn Platform – HTML landing page generator -
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Create-react-app 2.0 releasedstory by robin_reala · 2018-10-02 · 0 comments
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There is already a pull request and it looks promising! https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4837
comment by ggregoire · 2018-10-02 · in Create React App 2.0: Babel 7, Sass, and More -
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Last Call for Create React App v2story by rayshan · 2018-09-27 · 2 comments
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…to write a metacomponent for. Do you know if anyone is actually doing this? edit: As it turns out, https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/3675 , yes!
comment by kansface · 2018-09-11 · in Stop Writing JavaScript Compilers. Make Macros Instead (2014) -
Here is another PR, more recent, based on Babel 7 and its TS support: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4837 I'm waiting it to be merged to switch to TS.
comment by ggregoire · 2018-09-02 · in TypeScript at Google -
…a bug in Flow. There is an issue about it on GitHub opened in 2016". I'm right now waiting for this https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4837 to be merged to move all my projects to TS. Edit: and I don't blame the devs working…
comment by ggregoire · 2018-09-02 · in TypeScript at Google -
…they're at least considering it. [2] [1] https://github.com/wmonk/create-react-app-typescript [2] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/2815
comment by Vinnl · 2018-09-02 · in TypeScript at Google -
> https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2398 Equating 'create-react-app' package with React is silly. By that logic, I can wrap $library_of_your_choice in scaffolding and then blame it for the bloat I've chosen to add. >…
comment by wakeywakeywakey · 2018-08-28 · in Service Workers -
> What? https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2398 > Consumers demand rich apps and interactivity They really don't. That's an assumption without data. EDIT: see gov.uk. It works quite well without being fancy.
comment by pmlnr · 2018-08-28 · in Service Workers -
…of create-react-app (2.0) will have a bit more flexibility. See: Roadmap for react-scripts@2.0 https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/3815
comment by andyfleming · 2018-08-10 · in Vue CLI 3: A Game Changer for Front End Development? -
…in the `create-react-app` project to learn more about how the overall project is structured: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/pac...
comment by nlazaris · 2018-07-23 · in Show HN: Flashcards for Frontend Developers -
…benefits the next person to work with the code, be it another developer or me in a few months. [0] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
comment by otras · 2018-07-18 · in Ask HN: What front end tools do you find yourself most productive with? -
…https://jakearchibald.com/2017/es-modules-in-browsers/ [2]: https://github.com/tapio/live-server [3]: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app [4]: https://github.com/danprince/typescript-quickstart
comment by codecurve · 2018-07-17 · in Parcel: Fast, zero configuration web application bundler -
…some of them just reinventing the wheel. Do we really need another one? I'm not sure. - https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app (50k stars) - https://github.com/react-boilerplate/react-boilerplate (19k stars) -…
comment by ggregoire · 2018-06-16 · in React-Starter-Kit – Open Source Universal React Redux GraphQL Boilerplate -
…the README: Preconfigured Features that come with your Parcel setup: * [babel-preset-react-app]( https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/tree/next/packa... ) so you can use the exact same JS features that come with create-react-app…
comment by swyx · 2018-05-12 · in Show HN: Create-React-app-parcel, a CLI for Creating React Apps with Parcel -
…service workers) but overall it's been a massive bootstrapping productivity booster for me. [1] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
comment by davedx · 2018-04-12 · in Why is Ember fading away? -
…tool to set up a project that has good defaults, with no config needed on your part: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app - CodeSandbox.io is a full online IDE that lets you build real apps in your browser, including use of NPM…
comment by acemarke · 2018-04-10 · in Ask HN: Webapp Sideproject – what boilerplate makes sense? -
…but here's an example from create-react-app, the official point of entry for people learning React: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/pac... The README included on a project generated through CRA is 116KB. A…
comment by dictum · 2018-02-01 · in The Case for React-Like Web Components -
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Facebook/create-react-app: Create React apps with no build configurationstory by rbanffy · 2018-01-30 · 2 comments
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…about 2.0 -> 3.0 last time. Cheers to the CRA maintainers. Thanks for giving me some time back! [1] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/next/packa...
comment by paws · 2018-01-26 · in Webpack 4 Beta released -
…can you say how it is different or better than https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-dev or https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app
comment by zaphirplane · 2018-01-04 · in Show HN: React-Redux-Sass Starter Kit -
…for less: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-react-scripts-less also here are the official docs: https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m...
comment by _v7gu · 2017-12-13 · in The State of JavaScript 2017 -
Have you ever tried a tool like https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app ? It makes your comment totally irrelevant.
comment by borellvi · 2017-12-05 · in Parcel – A fast, zero configuration web application bundler -
…sure are insane. Trying to figure out how it all connects together is an exercise in futility. [0] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app [1] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#determining-the-character-enco...
comment by TheAceOfHearts · 2017-12-04 · in I Don't Want to Configure Apps (2016) -
…only doing frontend work occasionally and not as part of your normal job. I have to point out that https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app is great if you do decide to go with React and want answers to aforementioned…
comment by kirillseva · 2017-11-16 · in Using Vue.js and Rails -
I implore you to checkout create-react-app to get a hello world really quick: https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app npm install -g create-react-app create-react-app my-app cd my-app/ npm start Your sentiment is correct that…
comment by giantsloth · 2017-11-10 · in How we do Vue at GitLab: one year later -
FYI react-create-app also has PWA features: https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m...
comment by Geee · 2017-11-02 · in Show HN: React PWA – A scalable Progressive Web Application foundation -
…https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13815 and https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/16991 , such as https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues... .
comment by dikaiosune · 2017-10-31 · in Node.js 8 Moves into Long-Term Support, Node.js 9 Becomes Current Release Line -
Looks promising https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app ! That's the one part of the stack I still need to learn (becuase jQuery is not trendy anymore apparently)
comment by baby · 2017-09-26 · in Ask HN: Learning modern web design and CSS -
Stick to https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/ and you'll be golden. If you need more config later, you can "eject", but this is a one-command-and-go kind of thing that is well maintained and works great.
comment by cnp · 2017-09-20 · in JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore -
…https://github.com/saguijs/sagui https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-dev https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app They help frame this domain's perspective on the timeless tension between usability and flexibility - ie
comment by tombh · 2017-09-05 · in The Wonderful World of Webpack -
…app with create-react-app [0]. 2) Add bootstrap as specified in their README [1]. 3) Profit. [0] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/ [1] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m...
comment by curtisblaine · 2017-08-30 · in What web technology would you use when dedication is not high? -
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Same old PATENTS file in create-react-appstory by talkingtab · 2017-08-28 · 1 comment
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…use React (that won't prevent you from plugging it to your django backend btw), just use CRA! [1]: https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app [2]: https://github.com/zeit/next.js/
comment by robinricard · 2017-08-28 · in Django and React/Redux Boilerplate Project -
…have a couple other options besides ejecting: - Create your own custom fork of the react-scripts ( https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/tree/m... ) package that CRA uses - Use the react-app-rewired (…
comment by acemarke · 2017-08-27 · in How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2017 -
…covers practically everything you'd ever need to know about state-of-the-art Frontend JS tooling: https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m... create-react-app itself is great for quick prototyping, but for non-trivial…
comment by lewisl9029 · 2017-08-27 · in How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2017 -
…but I focus on what's my best weapon for the job. - [1] https://github.com/mzabriskie/axios - [2] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app - [3] https://github.com/KingPixil/moon
comment by thinkxl · 2017-06-27 · in JavaScript Fatigue or My History with Web Development -
…way too long. However, I'll note I didn't even mention big data, analytics, or monitoring. [0] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app [1] http://imgur.com/QXLL0XJ
comment by TheAceOfHearts · 2017-06-25 · in Google Web Starter Kit