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Posted by Erik L
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Erik L
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,470 Points

Question about react

So I just finished this video, https://teamtreehouse.com/library/setting-up-with-create-react-app-2, but my question is do we have to run this command on the console for each new react project we create??? 

 npx create-react-app my-app

3 Answers

Guil Hernandez
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Guil Hernandez
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Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Erik L,

Support for the npx command happened after I recorded the Create React App workshop. I'm going to update the teacher's notes to let students know. :)

Erik L
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Erik L
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I am currently taking the TD for this unit, I set up the project files for this: https://teamtreehouse.com/projects/react-gallery-app by following along the create-react-app workshop, will my project files be affected negatively if I didn't use the npx command to set up my project files?? Also does this mean I get a debugger badge??

Charles Badger
Charles Badger
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no, npm create-react-app will still install the react boilerplate needed to make a react app. The difference between npx and npm is that you can use npx to run a package without having to install it globally. This means that when you use npx you always get the latest package installed.

Charles Badger
Charles Badger
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Charles Badger
Charles Badger
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Yup, every time you want to use create-react-app to make a new react app, you need to run npx create-react-app.

Erik L
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Erik L
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This is the workshop where I don’t think I saw the words npx at all https://teamtreehouse.com/library/using-create-react-app

Erik L
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Erik L
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,470 Points

I just finished watching the create react app 20 something minute workshop and we had to install create react app globally, but I don’t think I saw npx once in that tutorial. I am so confused right now...