React - create new TypeScript application

In this short article, we would like to show how in simple way create React TypeScript application from command line using npm.

Quick solution (run the command):

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npx create-react-app my-new-app --template typescript

Where: my-new-app is the project name and directory that will be created.

Note: be sure the React is installed or install it with npm install -g react.

After application is created, should do the following steps to run the application:

1. Change working directory to the application directory:

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cd my-new-app

2. Start the application using the command:

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npm start

We can use yarn package manager, too:

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yarn create react-app my-new-app --template typescript

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cd my-new-app

yarn start

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