React-intro is an intro level course to React programming. Before you arrive to the event we'd like you to take care of some basic things:
- install Node.js (preferably the most recent LTS version)
- install npm
- install webpack (we are using webpack 2)
- any easy static web server (python2 or python3 has a good one for this course)
!! this is NOT a comprehensive guide, please refer to search engines and online tutorials if you encounter problems !!
For linux & MacOS, you can try these commands:
# should print v6.10.2
node --version
# should print 3.10.10 (or similar/above)
npm --version
# should print 2.2.1 (or atleast above 2.0)
webpack --version
# should print 2.x.x or 3.x.x
python --version
The final test is to check out our example app. If this works, you're all set.
git clone [email protected]:FastDevCo/react-intro.git
cd example_solution/
npm install
webpack --config webpack.config.js --watch
# other window, same dir, start your webserver
python -m http.server # if you went python3
# app should now run on port localhost:8000, check with your browser
We recommend you use a version manager that makes it easy to jump between different node versions. Some good ones:
Windows users:
- you probably have this already, make sure with:
npm --versioncommand. - if not, check google + official tutorials of whichever version manager / approach you used in the step above
npm install -g webpack
Use any of the following: