How to Set Up Your React Programming Environment in 5 Easy Steps

Ready for initiating your React learning but development environment setup is not complete? No need to worry. In this guide we will look into How to Set Up Your React Programming Environment in 5 Easy Steps. Before we start with the steps, it is important to make sure of few points for setting up your PC or Laptop for React Coding.

• Make sure the minimum system requirements is met for Node.js to work properly. Node.js requires minimum 1.8 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and an available disk space of 2 GB.
• When you install Node.js from the Node.js website, select the version that meets your project requirements.
• Similarly, there are many different libraries in React. Install those which your project needs.
• Another important thing is to select the best IDE depending on your need and ease for your React project.

How to Set Up Your React Programming Environment in 5 Easy Steps

here are the steps on how to set up your PC for React programming:

1. Install Node.js The first step is to install Node.js. It is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript code outside of a web browser. You can download Node.js from the Node.js website.
2. Install a code editor or IDE. Once Node is installed, we need a code editor or IDE (Integrated Development Environment), if you have not yet got one already. You can select from many available code editors/IDEs for React like Atom, Visual Studio Code and Sublime Text.
3. Install React. Now the main step. You need to install React, the JavaScript library for building UI. You can do it from the official React website. You can install React from the React website.
4. Create a sample React project. Now you have Node.js, a code editor or IDE, and React in your system. Let’s go ahead and begin learning. For this simply open the IDE and create a new project.
5. Write and run your first React program. After the project creation, next step is to create a new JavaScript file and add the following code:

import React from "react";

const App = () => {
  return <h1>Hello, world!</h1>;
};

export default App;

Save the JavaScript file and run it. The output that will be visible in your browser should be as below.

Hello, world! 

You PC is successfully set up for React programming.

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