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I have tried on multiple occasions to get started with react and every time the large amount of setup prevents me from getting anywhere useful. After looking ov

I have tried on multiple occasions to get started with react and every time the large amount of setup prevents me from getting anywhere useful. After looking over the docs I am somewhat hopeful that this might bridge the gap.

jimmyhmiller 10y ago
[Create React App](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m...) simplifies setup greatly. I'd really recommend giving it Ila try.
WalterSear 10y ago
https://github.com/Jon-Biz/simple-static-react https://github.com/Jon-Biz/simple-static-react >The intention is to provide a basic boilerplate setup that doesnt inundate the new user with complexity, and stays out of the way of the more comfortable who just want an ES6/React environment to bang out an idea. It's ready to set up on your plain old web server, or your Firebase or Github site, or for building the front-end for your Wordpress API, with a minimum of fuss and configuration. There are flavours that get you a simple router, a firebase backend, and Virtual Reality bindings, if you need those.
alexgrigoryan 10y ago
Hope you find the docs useful. We try to walk through building an app together. We are working on breaking down everything inside our app for people who are starting off can get a jumping start, but than read through everything that's inside the app to understand better what's happening underneath the hood (such as, what's in the webpack config).
acemarke 10y ago
I second the recommendation for Create-React-App. It's explicitly intended to be a no-config, no-setup, Just Start Writing Code tool with a great developer experience. Also, I keep a big list of links to high-quality tutorials, articles, and resources for React and related topics, at https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links . It's a great starting point for anyone trying to learn the ecosystem.
chrisa 10y ago
If you're interested, I am in the process of writing a react ebook, and I'm trying to focus on being very simple and explaining every step along the way. In fact, the whole first half of the book doesn't use a server at all (it uses script tags like https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tutorial.html https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tutorial.html). If you (or anyone else) is interested, I'd be happy to give you the chapters as I finish them, and would love to hear any feedback you have about it. Just send me an email (in my profile).

jimmyhmiller 10y ago

[Create React App](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/blob/m...) simplifies setup greatly. I'd really recommend giving it Ila try.

WalterSear 10y ago

https://github.com/Jon-Biz/simple-static-react https://github.com/Jon-Biz/simple-static-react >The intention is to provide a basic boilerplate setup that doesnt inundate the new user with complexity, and stays out of the way of the more comfortable who just want an ES6/React environment to bang out an idea. It's ready to set up on your plain old web server, or your Firebase or Github site, or for building the front-end for your Wordpress API, with a minimum of fuss and configuration. There are flavours that get you a simple router, a firebase backend, and Virtual Reality bindings, if you need those.

alexgrigoryan 10y ago

Hope you find the docs useful. We try to walk through building an app together. We are working on breaking down everything inside our app for people who are starting off can get a jumping start, but than read through everything that's inside the app to understand better what's happening underneath the hood (such as, what's in the webpack config).

acemarke 10y ago

I second the recommendation for Create-React-App. It's explicitly intended to be a no-config, no-setup, Just Start Writing Code tool with a great developer experience. Also, I keep a big list of links to high-quality tutorials, articles, and resources for React and related topics, at https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links . It's a great starting point for anyone trying to learn the ecosystem.

chrisa 10y ago

If you're interested, I am in the process of writing a react ebook, and I'm trying to focus on being very simple and explaining every step along the way. In fact, the whole first half of the book doesn't use a server at all (it uses script tags like https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tutorial.html https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tutorial.html). If you (or anyone else) is interested, I'd be happy to give you the chapters as I finish them, and would love to hear any feedback you have about it. Just send me an email (in my profile).