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React (Vite)

Plain React with Vite — SPA, no framework opinions.

Official site
Monthly cost
Free
Popularity
5/5
LLM knowledge
5/5
Difficulty
Medium
bundle: ~45kb (react+dom)
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What React (Vite) is good at

Strengths
  • +Maximum flexibility
  • +Huge ecosystem
  • +Fast dev server
Tradeoffs
  • No built-in SSR
  • You wire up routing, data fetching

Coding-agent prompt

You're writing a React + Vite app. Follow these rules:

- Functional components with hooks only — no class components.
- Co-locate state with the component that owns it; only lift when it's genuinely shared.
- Reach for context *only* for cross-cutting concerns (theme, auth). Prop-drill a level or two before context.
- Use `react-router-dom` for routing; a single `RouterProvider` with a typed route tree.
- TanStack Query (react-query) for server state. Never useEffect + useState for fetching.
- Strict TypeScript — types on every component prop, no implicit any.
- Keep effects small and explain every dependency. If you're using a ref to escape React, comment why.

Beginner's guide to React (Vite)

In one line: React is the library that draws your UI; Vite is the tool that runs it on your computer.

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces out of small pieces called components — a button, a card, a form. Vite is the tool that bundles your code and serves it in the browser while you work. Together they give you the fastest way to start building a single-page app (SPA) without a framework's opinions.

React is LEGO bricks. Vite is the table you build them on.

Try it in your terminal
  • npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react-ts

    Creates a new React + TypeScript project named my-app.

  • cd my-app && npm install

    Download the packages it needs.

  • npm run dev

    Start the dev server, usually http://localhost:5173.

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