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@edx/create-edx-react-app
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create-edx-react-app simplifies the creation of new front-end applications at edX by providing a CLI to generate a new instance of the edX front-end cookie cutter.
npm install @edx/create-edx-react-app --global
Execute create-edx-react-app via the command line and then follow the configuration options.

The outputted starter application should look like
βββ Dockerfile
βββ LICENSE
βββ Makefile
βββ config
| βββ webpack.common.config.js
| βββ webpack.dev.config.js
| βββ webpack.prod.config.js
βββ docker-compose.yml
βββ package-lock.json
βββ package.json
βββ public
| βββ index.html
βββ src
βββ App.scss
βββ components
| βββ CommentDetails
| | βββ index.jsx
| βββ CommentSearch
| | βββ index.jsx
| βββ ToggleablePosts
| βββ ToggleablePosts.test.jsx
| βββ index.jsx
βββ containers
| βββ CommentSearchPage
| | βββ index.jsx
| βββ DisclosurePage
| | βββ DisclosurePage.scss
| | βββ DisclosurePage.test.jsx
| | βββ index.jsx
| βββ PostsPage
| βββ index.jsx
βββ data
| βββ actions
| | βββ comment.js
| | βββ posts.js
| | βββ posts.test.js
| βββ constants
| | βββ actionTypes
| βββ reducers
| | βββ comment.js
| | βββ index.js
| | βββ posts.js
| | βββ posts.test.js
| βββ store.js
βββ index.jsx
βββ setupTest.js
To start the application run
make up
This will spin up the Docker container for the new web application.
You should see something like

on port 1991.
At this point, the new web application should mirror the edx/front-end-cookie-cutter-application.
FAQs
A CLI to generate a React application for edX.
The npm package @edx/create-edx-react-app receives a total of 14 weekly downloads. As such, @edx/create-edx-react-app popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @edx/create-edx-react-app demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago.Β It has 11 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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