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tags:
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- javascript
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- react
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---
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# React application structure
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When you use `create-react-app` it creates a default directory structure that is
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a sensible one to follow:
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```
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build/
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public/
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index.html
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src/
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index.js
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App.js
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```
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## `public/`
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- `public` constains the `index.html` file via which React connects to the
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traditional DCOM. Within `index.html` you have `<div id="root">...</div>` as
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the entry point where your application is injected into the standard DOM.
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- Everything in this folder is as per standard web development practice.
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- You shouldn't include React code here but you can paste necessary links and
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metadata to the `head` of `index.html`
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## `src/`
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- It automatically contains `index.js` . This imports `React` and `ReactDOM` and
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contains the `ReactDOM.render()` method:
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```js
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ReactDOM.render(
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<App />
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document.getElementById('root')
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);
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```
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- The `App` component is your parent component and the container for your app.
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It is where you will import your sub-components.
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- If you are using React Router `App` becomes the index for the different page
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components. See [Routing](Routing.md) for more detail.
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## `build`
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`build` houses the compiled version of your application, ready to be deployed to
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a server. All contents are minified, compressed and optimised using Webpack.
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Once you have executed `npm run build` you can test the output by using `serve`
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via the console:
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```bash
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serve -s build
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```
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`build` will comprise a minified version of `index.html` and a `static/`
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directory which holds your compiled CSS and JS that `index.html` links to, as
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per a standard static website.
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