The first React tool you'll learn about in this book is Create React App. It is a command-line utility that helps you, surprisingly, create a React application. This might sound like something that you shouldn't need much help doing, but when you use this tool, there's a lot of configuration that you no longer have to think about. In this chapter, you'll learn:

• Installing the Create React App tool on your system
• Bootstraping the creation of your React app
• What packages are installed when you create a new application
• The directory organization and files created with your application