react-scripts

What is react-scripts?

The react-scripts package is a set of scripts from the create-react-app starter kit that help automate the setup and management of React applications. It includes scripts for building, testing, and starting a development server, among other tasks, without the need for configuring these processes manually.

What are react-scripts's main functionalities?

Starting a Development Server

This command starts a development server that serves your React application, enabling hot module replacement for a better development experience.

npm start

Building the Application for Production

This command compiles the React application into static files for production deployment, optimizing the build for the best performance.

npm run build

Running Tests

This command runs the test runner in the interactive watch mode, allowing developers to write and run tests for their components and modules.

npm test

Ejecting Configuration

This command will remove the single build dependency from your project, copying all the configuration files and the transitive dependencies (webpack, Babel, ESLint, etc) right into your project so you have full control over them.

npm run eject

Other packages similar to react-scripts

parcel-bundler

Parcel is a web application bundler that offers a similar zero-configuration experience to react-scripts but with a different approach to bundling and a focus on speed and simplicity.

webpack

Webpack is a powerful module bundler that can be used for React applications. Unlike react-scripts, it requires manual configuration, but it offers a high degree of customization and plugin support.

vite

Vite is a build tool that significantly improves the frontend development experience. It's similar to react-scripts in providing a development server and build process, but it leverages native ES modules and is known for its fast cold server start.

snowpack

Snowpack is a modern build tool for faster web development. It's comparable to react-scripts but uses a different approach, focusing on unbundled development and faster rebuilds with ESM (ES Module) support.

README

react-scripts

This package includes scripts and configuration used by Create React App.
Please refer to its documentation:

• Getting Started – How to create a new app.
• User Guide – How to develop apps bootstrapped with Create React App.