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E. ElromReact and Librarieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6696-0_1

1. Learn React Basic Concepts

Elad Elrom1  
(1)
Montvale, NJ, USA
 

This chapter serves as the ground school before we take off and start flying with React. We will create a minimalistic, stand-alone React application called “Hello World.” Then we will review how it works and see what’s happening under the hood. We will also learn about TypeScript and the starter template projects we can use to expediate development.

This chapter is the basis for understanding React, and although we are not building a flashy application here, the concepts that are covered are crucial. Feel free to return to ...

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