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Step 3: Create the project folder

Now that we have all the necessary external tools, we can start creating the project. The task is to create a new empty folder specifically for the project, where nothing else will be stored.

Steps to follow:

  1. Choose a location on the machine where we want to create the project folder. It can be anywhere we prefer, such as the desktop or a specific directory.
  2. Right-click in the desired location and select "New Folder" from the context menu.
  3. Give the folder a name. This will serve as the root folder for our React project, so let's make it informative and relevant to the project's purpose. For example, store-app, posts-app, learning-system-app, etc.

For example let's create the empty folder with the name movies-app.

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Step 4: Open folder in the code editor

We need to open the folder movies-app with the help of the code editor.

Steps to follow:

  • Open the code editor. In our case it is Visual Studio Code (VS Code).
  • Click the explorer icon in the top left corner of the Visual Studio Code
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  • Click the "Open Folder" button
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  • Look for the movies-app folder on the machine and select it. After completing this step, ensure that the folder name appears in the VS Code interface.
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Everything was clear?

Section 4. Chapter 3