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Create a React Starter App

React is the most popular Javascript library for building web apps. The instructions below describe how to create a boilerplate app as a starter for any project.

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1. Install node.js on your computer if you haven’t already.

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2. Open a terminal and enter the following command. Replace “my-app” with the name of your app. Don’t enter the “%”, that is just the system prompt (yours will be different).
 

% npm create vite@latest my-app --template react

 

You’ll be prompted to choose a framework and variant. Choose “React” as the framework and “TypeScript” as the variant.

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3. Run your new app. Replace “my-app” below with the name of your app.
 

% cd my-app

% npm install

% npm run dev

 

This will run your newly generated app “locally” in a browser with a "localhost" URL. Open http://localhost:5173/ in your browser to see your app.

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The app doesn't do much but you now have a starter app which can be modified in Cursor to build all kinds of apps.

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