Get Started with React 🏃‍➡️

Learn the foundational concepts upon which all the rest of your React knowledge is built

Learn how to create React elements, render them to the page, and reuse them with custom components. This workshop will give you the foundational knowledge you need upon which you can build your React skills.

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Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Install the React DevTools

Pre-workshop Resources

Here are some resources you can read before taking the workshop to get you up to speed on some of the tools and concepts we'll be covering:

• JavaScript to Know for React

System Requirements

• git v2.18 or greater
• NodeJS v20 or greater
• npm v8 or greater

All of these must be available in your PATH. To verify things are set up properly, you can run this:

git --version
node --version
npm --version

If you have trouble with any of these, learn more about the PATH environment variable and how to fix it here for windows or mac/linux.

Setup

Use the Epic Workshop CLI to get this setup:

npx --yes epicshop@latest add get-started-with-react

If you experience errors here, please open an issue with as many details as you can offer.

The Workshop App

Learn all about the workshop app on the Epic Web Getting Started Guide.