Namaste React Course by Akshay Saini

Chapter 02 - Igniting our App

Theory Assignment:

What is NPM?
What is Parcel/Webpack? Why do we need it?
What is .parcel-cache
What is npx ?
What is difference between dependencies vs devDependencies
What is Tree Shaking?
What is Hot Module Replacement?
List down your favorite 5 superpowers of Parcel and describe any 3 of them in your own words.
What is .gitignore? What should we add and not add into it?
What is the difference between package.json and package-lock.json
Why should I not modify package-lock.json?
What is node_modules ? Is it a good idea to push that on git?
What is the dist folder?
What is browserlists
Read about dif bundlers: vite, webpack, parcel
Read about: ^ - caret and ~ - tilde
Read about Script types in html (MDN Docs)

Project Assignment:

In your existing project
- initialize npm into your repo
- install react and react-dom
- remove CDN links of react
- install parcel
- ignite your app with parcel
- add scripts for “start” and “build” with parcel commands
- add .gitignore file
- add browserlists
- build a production version of your code using parcel build

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