What is Create React App?

[MUSIC] 0:00 [SOUND] Setting up the front end tools to develop a React application can be 0:04 intimidating and time consuming. 0:07 There are a lot of moving parts. 0:09 For example, setting up Babel to transfile JSS into browser-ready code. 0:12 And configuring webpack to bundle your project assets. 0:16 Not to mention creating your project structure and production build. 0:20 Fortunately, there's now an easier way. 0:23 I'm Guil, a front end developer and teacher here at Tree House. 0:25 In this workshop, I'll teach you how to quickly get your React projects up and 0:28 running using Create React App. 0:32 Create-react-app is a tool 0:34 built by developers at Facebook to help you build React applications. 0:37 It saves you from time-consuming setup and configuration. 0:41 You simply run one command and 0:44 create-react-app sets up the tools you need to start your React project. 0:47 In addition, once you've created your project, 0:51 Create React App provides other amazing features like scripts. 0:54 To develop your project locally and deploy to production. 0:58 Projects are built as progressive web apps by default. 1:02 So this means that in production your apps will be faster and 1:05 more reliable than traditional web apps and provide engaging mobile experiences. 1:08 Create React App also ships with jest, a JavaScript testing framework for 1:13 testing React components. 1:18 And it provides helpful run time errors right in the browser and more. 1:20 This workshop assumes that you know the basics of React and 1:24 have node and npm installed in your computer. 1:28 So be sure to check the teacher's notes for links to Tree House courses and 1:31 resources that will get you up to speed on those topics. 1:34 In the next video, we'll install Create React App and create a new project. 1:38