Create a React app with Netlify

a dev guide by Divjoy

About this guide

This development guide walks you through everything you need to do to build a high-quality React app integrated with Netlify. Check out the tasks below to get started. To save time, you can also use our boilerplate, which gives you a complete React codebase with all of these tasks done for you. Okay, let's dive in!

Tasks

Setup your React app
Setup a React app using npx create-react-app and routing using React Router. There are many ways you can structure your app, but a common setup is to have an App component that defines top-level routes, with each route component imported from the /pages directory. The rest of your components should be located in your /components directory. You can then run your app locally with the npm run start command.
Deploy to Netlify
To deploy your app to Netlify first build your app with the npm run build command and then link it to a Netlify project with the netlify init command. You'll also want to make sure any to add any environment vars used in your app to Netlify using the netlify env:set command or going to Site settings → Build & Deploy → Environment. And finally, deploy to Netlify with netlify deploy.

Get the code

You can get the code for this guide with our React and Netlify Boilerplate. You'll get a complete React codebase with Netlify integration, all the tasks listed above done for you, and a responsive multi-page template. It should save you about two weeks of development time.

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