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Posted by Rajen Tandel
Rajen Tandel
25,511 Points

Building a React Application

As shown in this course: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/react-by-example The application starts as static HTML/CSS files. Is it better to start a project this way or just go into React directly? Just curious, I never thought to start a project like that. The course proves that it works pretty well though.

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Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

The main reason for having a static HTML/CSS version is this is the version a designer might give you which you can then copy and convert to a React Project.

You may have noticed in the course that Guil was demonstrating that the HTML had some test data that you can use to guide your work.

That's why we do design works like mockups and Wireframes. It's probably always better to do prep work has few people can develop on a blank canvas but React is mostly JavaScript and JSX :)

Rajen Tandel
Rajen Tandel
25,511 Points

Thanks, That makes a lot of sense. It does help to do this in a systematic way rather than directly on a blank canvas.