create-the-app.md

Create the App

create-react-app

In this tutorial, we will jump start our development using create-react-app.

You can find excellent documentation here create-react-app.dev

In the command below, a long project name was chosen to differentiate this app from other versions of the quick start - feel free to choose a project name you like.

Open a terminal window

PowerShell on Windows,

Terminal on Mac

Create the app

npx create-react-app@latest porrtal-react-material-quick-start --template typescript

Change into the newly created directory

cd porrtal-react-material-quick-start

Now run the app.

npm run start

View in the browser

A browser should appear with the new react app. You can also click the link to view the new react app in your browser: https://localhost:3000

Note: We are using the TypeScript template. TypeScript is an excellent language choice for large scale development.

Run the VS Code app

From VS Code, open the folder porrtal-react-material-quick-start (or whatever app name you chose above).

You should see something like this: