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Implementing Your Solution
1. Component Architecture
- Break down your UI into reusable components.
- Follow the Single Responsibility Principle: each component should do one thing well.
2. Setting Up Project Structure
- Organize your project with a clear folder structure:
src/ components/ pages/ services/ styles/ utils/
3. Using Material-UI
- Import and use Material-UI components in your project:
- Example: button
- The `import Button from '@mui/material/Button’;` line allows you to use the Button component
- This button can be used in the return statement as <Button />
import Button from '@mui/material/Button'; function App() { return ( <div> <Button variant="contained">Hello World</Button> </div> ); }
4. Version Control with Git
- Open GitHub Desktop
- Log in to your GutHub account
- Select your repository the top left
- Open your code by clicking ‘Open in VSCode'
- Create branches for each new feature
- Regularly commit your changes
- For more information: GitHub Documentation
5. Using React
- Create a New React Project
- In your terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to create your project.
- Run the following command to create a new React application. Replace my-first-react-app with your preferred project name.
- look into: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app or refer to the Create React App Documentation
npx create-react-app my-first-react-app
- Navigate to Your Project Directory
- Move into your project directory
cd my-first-react-app - Start the Development Server - In the project directory, start the development server by running. This command will open a new browser window/tab with your React app running at http://localhost:3000.
npm start
- Understand the Project Structure
- Public Folder: Contains the index.html file. This is the entry point for your app.
- Src Folder: Contains the React components and styles.
- App.js: The main component.
- index.js: The entry point for the React application.
- Create Your First React Component
- Open Your Project in a Code Editor
- Use a code editor like VSCode and open the project directory.
- Edit the App Component
- Open src/App.js and replace the code with the following:
import React from 'react'; import './App.css'; function App() { return ( <div className="App"> <header className="App-header"> <h1>Hello, React!</h1> <p>This is my first React app.</p> </header> </div> ); }
export default App; - Now you can start adding Routes to your project, take a look into: https://www.w3schools.com/react/react_router.asp - Routing of the project could be done as visible here:
- Save and View Changes
- Save App.js after making changes.
- View Changes in Browser
- The development server automatically reloads and you should see “Hello, React!” and “This is my first React app.” in your browser.
- Add a New Component
- Create a New Component File
- In the src folder, create a new file named MyComponent.js.
- Define the New Component
- Add the following code to MyComponent.js:
import React from 'react'; function MyComponent() { return ( <div> <h2>This is a new component!</h2> </div> ); } export default MyComponent; - Import and Use the New Component in App.js - Open src/App.js and modify it to include MyComponent:
import React from 'react'; import './App.css'; import MyComponent from './MyComponent'; function App() { return ( <div className="App"> <header className="App-header"> <h1>Hello, React!</h1> <p>This is my first React app.</p> <MyComponent /> </header> </div> ); } export default App;
- Save and View Changes
- Save both App.js and MyComponent.js.
- View Changes in Browser
- The browser will reload, and you should see the new component's content below the original text.