Summary

We started the chapter by creating a React and TypeScript project with the help of webpack and Babel. Lots of steps were involved and we only set up a fraction of what we would need for a real project. For example, we have not set up the ability to produce an optimized bundle for production.

We moved on to use Create React App for creating a React and TypeScript project. We saw how this approach is a much faster and more thorough way of creating a project. Then, we used ESLint for linting and Prettier for automatic code formatting. As a result of that exercise, we now understand how TypeScript, ESLint, and Prettier can be used together to create a high-quality React and TypeScript project environment.

In the final section, we learned how to create React components with strongly typed props and states. We experienced how this helps to catch problems quickly. We also played with React’s DevTools, which allows a React component tree to be inspected and the performance...