Create New Project
Create new folder named LearnReactJSWithRealApps and select to this folder in
Visual Studio Code
Install ReactJS Libraries
Open Terminal windows in Visual Studio Code and type:
npm install -g babel
npm install -g babel-cli
npm install webpack --save
npm install webpack-dev-server --save
npm install react --save
npm install react-dom --save
npm install --save-dev style-loader
npm install --save-dev css-loader
Add Image Files
In root folder of project, create assets\images folder. Copy images need to use in project to images folder
Add CSS Files
In assets folder, create new folder named css. In this folder, create new css file named style.css as below:
.formatText {
color: red;
font-size: 20px;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;
}
img {
width: 120px;
height: 100px;
}
Create Component
In root folder of project, create new folder src\components. In this folder, create new file named demo.component.jsx as below:
import React from 'react';
import styles from '../../assets/css/style.css';
class DemoComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<span className={styles.formatText}>Hello World</span>
<br/>
<img src="../../assets/images/thumb1.gif"/>
</div>
);
}
}
export default DemoComponent;
Create Entry File
In root folder of project, create new file named main.js as below:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import DemoComponent from './src/components/demo.component.jsx';
ReactDOM.render(<DemoComponent />, document.getElementById('app'));
Create WebPack Config File
In root folder of project, create new file named webpack.config.js as below:
var config = {
entry: './main.js',
output: {
path: __dirname,
filename: 'index.js',
},
devServer: {
inline: true,
port: 8081 // server port
},
module: {
loaders: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
loader: 'style-loader'
},
{
test: /\.css$/,
loader: 'css-loader',
query: {
modules: true,
localIdentName: '[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]'
}
},
{
test: /\.jsx?$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
query: {
presets: ['es2015', 'react']
}
}
]
}
}
module.exports = config;
Create HTML File
In root folder of project, create new file named index.html as below:
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Learn ReactJS With Real Apps</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="app"></div>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Create package.json
In root folder of project, create new file named package.json as below:
{
"name": "learnreactjswithrealapps",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Learn ReactJS With Real Apps",
"main": "main.js",
"dependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.24.0",
"babel-loader": "^6.4.1",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.0",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.23.0",
"react": "^15.4.2",
"react-dom": "^15.4.2",
"webpack": "^2.3.2",
"webpack-dev-server": "^2.4.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"css-loader": "^0.28.11",
"style-loader": "^0.21.0"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "webpack-dev-server"
},
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://github.com/reactjs/react-tutorial.git"
},
"keywords": [
"react"
],
"author": "PMK Lab",
"license": "ISC",
"bugs": {
"url": "https://github.com/reactjs/react-tutorial/issues"
},
"homepage": "https://github.com/reactjs/react-tutorial#readme"
}
Structure of Project
Run Application
In Terminal windows in Visual Studio Code and type: npm start,
program will open url http://localhost:8081/ on browser
Output