webpack-dev-middleware VS create-react-app

Are you using webpack? If so, they have a middleware for exactly this case: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware. The example there should be added to your express script with some form of conditional statement to use express.static in your deployment and webpack-dev-middleware in dev.

It looks like this should have been fixed back in 2017: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/issues/229

Meteor-Webpack integrates webpack-dev-middleware and webpack-hot-middleware to benefit HMR in your project. The only thing you have to do is enabling this feature just like any other Webpack project;

Create React App (CRA) abstracts away the complexity of configuring Webpack, Babel, and other build tools, allowing developers to focus on writing React code. It includes features such as hot module reloading for efficient development.

Immerse yourself in the official Create React App documentation for a deeper understanding.

Create React App (https://create-react-app.dev/)

- And ofc, there are some templates/frameworks that bring something of that together (https://create-react-app.dev/; maybe https://vitejs.dev/) - google for templates.

I recommend finding some friend with modern experience or at least some youtube tutorials or at least some learning course. That would help you to catch up on the best way to bootstrap your first project. Then you can practice.

What's the connection?

Also, take a look at this response from 2021: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/discussions/117...

Create React App Documentation

Inside the react-tutorial-app folder, to create a new React project runs the following command using create-react-appand for more details on how create-react-app works and other staff, please visit the official website: https://create-react-app.dev/

Before we embark on our journey, make sure you have React installed and a React project set up. If not, fear not! Create React App is your trusty sidekick for a quick start.