Create React App is Finally Dead

This makes me sad, even though the need for it is apparent. I'm an old man, and when I first started web development, it was normal to see a full page reload when making a selection in a dropdown or even checking a checkbox. The single page application was a godsend for my mental health, and React especially. CRA was my best friend and oasis at times when I had the energy for an idea but little else.

It's still a good idea to let beginner wander with plain React. So that they can focus on basic React concepts and building good components. Cause shifting from vanilla JS to React alone is a huge mindset change for a new dev to make.

omg yay!! congrats to everyone!

Eventually, I have an excuse to not use CRA

this is kind of pissing me off honestly. i dont wanna use js for backend period

Jezzzzzz! Dan had A LOT to say! 😅

I just noticed that I have so many problems using nextjs than create-react-app...

need to use nextjs with deno

Hello Sir, I am a complete noob. and was about start learning react. but all these things changes making me confused about should i learn start learning next js or directly I can learn react with CRA then adapt with next js? Can anyone help please?

create-react-app ☠ RIP

I find it incredible that CRA is no longer recommended, but having Next as the first option and Vite as a second thought is a bit concerning. Vite doesn't stir your project to some platform-specific deployment, as far as I can tell Vite offers you the "original" way of react. Yes react is turning to server-side but react as it is right now is still oriented for the client all of the hooks and lifecycle is SPA/Client side oriented, Next is a workaround for SSR concerns and their own concerns with their parent company platform. IMO they should put Vite as the default option for development, and let the developer no matter their experience choose later if what they need is in other frameworks. I understand the hype for Next and the competition for innovation with other frameworks like remix but there are some conflicts of interest in this way.

ah, finally...

this is the most nerdy stuff of 2023.

What happened with that mantra that I've been hearing for almost a decade now? React is cool because it's simple and I don't need a framework to force me how to do things... Sigh...

What should I use instead of this? I am currently in the process of building a giant project that has got over 5000 for sure and uses cra. It's going to be a pain in the ass to rewrite everything to use a new build system. Much harder than clicking the "close PR" button. Who cares? Until facebook announces that it's officially deprecated and discontinued I am still using it.

I'm a noob to React. Why is create react app bad?

o7 CRA

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While im glad CRA was removed from their docs, I don’t think it makes sense to recommend Next or Gatsby or some other server side framework to react beginners. It would have made a lot more sense to show how to quickly bootstrap a project with Vite.

Link to the twitter used in this thumbnail please.

I was just starting to learn about webdev and it was frustrating how many tutorials just tell you to use "Create React App". I was so lost like how do I set up the server? Change the port? I was looking for a path for building 'industry standard' production type of system. I wouldn't consider myself a beginner in programming in general.

They should have named it "React Integrated Learning Environment."

This is what I call content

Gatsby???? I puked a little.

They could also just update their CRA boilerplate, not that hard. I dont get it.

That's good, but I still think its weird that recommendations for Vite are so hidden under the "Can I use React without a framework?" section... Frameworks can be very confusing for beginners.

I remember first time I learnt about reactjs, I fired `npx create-creat-app`, it took AGESSS!

What is the problem with create-react-app if it's a simple application that the client can render?

you killed it congrats

I'm doing a bootcamp to get my Full-Stack certification, and I learned how to use React without any additional frameworks. So, what does this mean for me? Can I still use npx create-react-app?

Your advice has been really helpful Theo. I got into web dev by inheriting legacy mess using vanilla JS with a Django backend. Everything was painful and buggy. I knew I could do a lot better. For my first solo web dev project, I used create T3 app with TS and Tailwind. I knew it was going to be a steep learning curve as I was new to React, TS and tailwind. A few weeks into the project I am loving the web stack and I’m actually moving a lot faster than I expected.

Why do I hear that outro music from TheFatRat as he's about to close the pull request?

The is possibly the most dramatic pull request close in the history of open source, only thing missing is victory theme music in the background

react native is superior

React is gonna crash, start using Angular already

I think they should have recommended bootstrapping a react app with Vite for beginners who want to get started and get familiar with react basics, before jumping to production-grade react frameworks and their complexities.

WHERE CAN I GET THAT JACKET

it's my birthday today and React Team gifted me THIS...

yes people, it was for me... y'all just benefitted from it.

Hi, i am not a professional react dev, not even like react but WTF they did in section about create new App is BS.
Because i read a few times the docs while it was in beta they recommended vite or parcel 2 and their changes for this section went from 8 to 80. So what is the point of react and react docs if you will need a full stack framework like next or remix or SSG like gastby. They even not mention Astro as a solution. LOL. React with this docs just kill itself as just frontend library / frameworkl lol.
And their answer for exsting app / projects is surreal and even worst.
This for beginners is not great, because their example in the docs are simple but not tell you how to start simple way Lol.
My recommendation at least for beginners, move to preact or try react with vite, since offical docs dont tell you that..
For those using CRA move to vite.
If you are not enjoying this s then start thinking move away from react world and learn the alternatives frameworks. ;)

Its funny cuz ive been learning react recently for an academic project and convinced teamates to try React instead of Vue had to convince them to use Vite. Also got pleasantly surprised when the default docs were changed ... the old docs had some positive points.

I want this T3 Jacket, please tell me we can buy this T3 jacket

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I keep seeing people talk bad about CRA but never address specific problems other than "it is bad", people run CRA and the app works fine and I've never ran into issues for 2 years now.

People in React team got paid to shill for Vercel lol

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Goodbye CRA 🤝

so now the question is how should I migrate from a project used create-react-app at the start to vite, as I am having issue with react-script its been outdated for a year.

F

I don't like the Vite React + TypeScript . That let's me bypass many many errors. Why is that?
CRA would just stop me in middle if anything was wrong.

You are so dramatic 😆