Webpack's HMR (hot reloading) of JS does work with create-react-app, but only if you use an external state store (like Redux), see [1]. The 'React Hot Loader'

Webpack's HMR (hot reloading) of JS does work with create-react-app, but only if you use an external state store (like Redux), see [1]. The 'React Hot Loader' [2] module, which maintains local React component state is not included yet. [1] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/93#issuecomment-278625166 https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues... [2] https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader https://github.com/gaearon/react-hot-loader