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# [How to start a React app?](https://blog.reactstory.com/how-to-start-a-react-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Meet Laura.Hi, Lauraaa! 👋 Laura is a web developer, and she wants to start a new web project. But there is so many ways to start one! Depending on what she wants to accomplish, she can start with a back-end or a front-end app. And then, which langua...

Oct 27, 2020 · 9 min read · blog.reactstory.com  
Updated Oct 29, 2020  
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## Written by

[Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif)

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The story of a React.js developer

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[Roger Colque Calcina](https://hashnode.com/@rogergcc)

[Nov 3, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5fa0ba3aa5f5117f1201f893)

Nice article. i'm asking something similar.

Use gatsby, or next. But must learn first react ?. Or use jamstack, nuxt but with vue.

Now i saw good template with Hugo and Golang.

I have knowledge and like JS and Es6, and learning nodejs.

but must learn vue,reac? and ...

[Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif)

[Nov 3, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5fa0ba3aa5f5117f1201f893#reply-5fa11b14ad30887ef1e167e4)

I sincerely believe that it's necessary to have a solid knowledge base before moving on to the next abstraction.

You should know JS to learn React. You should know React to learn Gatsby/Next.

Actually, you can spin up a Next.js project without having dived into React. But you might get stuck at some point.

[Roger Colque Calcina](https://hashnode.com/@rogergcc)

[Nov 4, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5fa0ba3aa5f5117f1201f893#reply-5fa2227124a897066ab261f6)

thanks for answer and nice post [Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/@webdif)

Now im decided to learn React.

[Baba Ali Abdul'Aziz](https://hashnode.com/@AleeyCreative)

[Oct 31, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f9d926065cd015fab58200c)

Wow !! Nice touch ! Amazing Storytelling !

[Bolaji Ayodeji](https://hashnode.com/@bolajiayodeji)

[Oct 29, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f9aacbcfbdb1752f2533ceb)

Really insightful, thanks for sharing!

[Edidiong Asikpo (Didi)](https://hashnode.com/@didicodes)

[Oct 28, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f99441a5428fb2ed7264fc5)

Hey [Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif). I absolutely loved how you wrote this article in form of a story. Thanks for sharing.

[Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif)

[Oct 28, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f99441a5428fb2ed7264fc5#reply-5f997328ae41043093cdb395)

It makes more sense in my head to tell it as a story, I'm very pleased that you felt the same way :)

[Emily Boston](https://hashnode.com/@emilyboston)

[Oct 28, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f99255f6ea7602886a1799c)

Interesting read, 👏 [Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif). Thanks for sharing.

[Maxime Vasse](https://hashnode.com/@webdif)

[Oct 28, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-start-a-react-app/5f98816f6ea7602886a16f96/comment/5f99255f6ea7602886a1799c#reply-5f9972e11646ee3072b6d6ee)

Thank you Emily!