first-react-app: A JavaScript repository from ljavierrodriguez

Step 1

$ npm init -y

Step 2

$ npm i path react react-dom babel-loader @babel/core @babel/preset-react @babel/preset-env @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties style-loader css-loader file-loader --save

Step 3

$ npm i -D webpack webpack-cli webpack-dev-server html-webpack-plugin

Step 4

Make the next files:

-- .babelrc
-- .gitignore
-- src/index.js
-- public/index.html
-- webpack.config.js

Step 5

Add to the package.json file

"scripts": {
    ...
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode=development",
    "build": "webpack --mode=production",
    ...
}

Step 6

Add this code to the .babelrc file.

{
    "presets": [
        [ 
            "@babel/preset-env", {
            "modules": false,
            "targets": {
            "browsers": [
            "last 2 Chrome versions",
            "last 2 Firefox versions",
            "last 2 Safari versions",
            "last 2 iOS versions",
            "last 1 Android version",
            "last 1 ChromeAndroid version",
            "ie 11"
            ]
            }
        } ],
        "@babel/preset-react"
    ],
    "plugins": [ "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties" ]
}

Step 7

Add this code to the webpack.config.js

const HtmlWebPackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
const webpack = require('webpack');
const path = require('path');
module.exports = {
    context: __dirname,
    entry: './src/index.js',
    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
        filename: 'main.js',
        publicPath: '/',
    },
    devServer: {
        historyApiFallback: true
    },
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.(js|jsx)$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                use: ['babel-loader']
            }, // for js or jsx files
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader'],
            }, // for css files
            {
                test: /\.(png|j?g|svg|gif)?$/,
                use: 'file-loader'
            }, // for images files
            { 
                test: /\.woff($|\?)|\.woff2($|\?)|\.ttf($|\?)|\.eot($|\?)|\.svg($|\?)/, 
                use: ['file-loader'] 
            }  // for fonts
        ],
    },
    plugins: [
        new HtmlWebPackPlugin({
            template: path.resolve(__dirname, 'public/index.html'),
            filename: './index.html'
        }),
        new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin()
    ]
};

Step 8.0 (Optional)

Install Jquery, popper.js and font-awesome

$ npm i jquery popper.js bootstrap font-awesome --save-dev // 4.x

$ npm i jquery popper.js bootstrap @fortawesome/fontawesome-free@5.1.0-9 --save-dev // 5.x

Step 8.1

Add this code to the webpack.config.js file.

plugins: [
        ...
        new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
            '$': "jquery",
            'jQuery': "jquery",
            'Popper': 'popper.js'
        }),
        ...
]

Step 8.2

Add this code to de src/index.js file

// Add css files
import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';
//import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css'; // 4.x
import '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.css'; // 5.x


// Add js files
import 'jquery';
import 'popper.js';
import 'bootstrap';

Step 9

Go to http://gitignore.io and search VisualStudioCode and React and generate content then copy the text and paste at the .gitignore file in the project.

Step 9.1

Execute git command to make a new repository

$ git init
$ git add -A
$ git commit -m "your message"
$ git remote add origin (your path to remote repository)
$ git push origin master

Step 10

Go to the public/index.html and write the next code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="root"></div>
</body>
</html>

Step 11

Edit src/index.js with the next code

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

// Add css files
import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css'; // CSS from Bootstrap
import 'font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css'; // CSS from FontAwesome
import './index.css'; // My own CSS

// Add js files
import 'jquery';
import 'popper.js';
import 'bootstrap';


const Home = (props) => {
    return (
        <div className="container">
            <div className="row">
                <div className="col-md-12 d-flex justify-content-center">
                    <i className="fa fa-html5 fa-5x"></i>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div className="row">
                <div className="col-md-12 d-flex justify-content-center">
                    <p className="text-success">Welcome to Webpack, Bootstrap and ReactJS</p>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

ReactDOM.render(<Home />, document.querySelector("#root"));

Step 12

Make a src/index.css file with the next code:

body {
    background-color: #3f4455;
}

Step 13

Execute the next code in the terminal or console

$ npm run start

and open in the navigator the next page http://localhost:8080/

Step 14

To put your site in production (hosting) execute the next code:

$ npm run build

and put the content of folder dist in the server.

Step 15 (Optional)

To test the site like production do the next

$ npx serve -s dist

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