Creating a React Project

We already used Vite, to create our Vanilla JS applications. We can also use it to create React Applications.

Creating a new Vite project

Full instructions are also described here

Run the following command in your terminal

npm create vite@latest my_project

Select in your terminal the type of Project you want (React) and then a Variable you need (JavaScript only)

This will create a new folder with all the required files to start coding with your React project.

Running the Project

Once the project setup is complete, we can navigate into the project directory:

cd my_project

Next, we can install the dependencies:

npm install

Then, we can start the development server:

npm run dev

Now, our React application should be running at http://localhost:5173

Structure of the Project

The project created includes the following directory structure:

my_project
├── index.html
├── package.json
├── src
│   ├── App.css
│   ├── App.jsx
│   ├── favicon.svg
│   ├── index.css
│   ├── index.jsx
│   └── logo.svg
└── vite.config.js

Congratulations! You have successfully set up a new React project with Vite. Now you're ready to start building your React app.

Happy coding!