Building a React + TypeScript app with Vite

Introduction

• React and TypeScript offer a powerful way to develop scalable and maintainable web applications.
• Vite is a fast and lightweight build tool focused on speed and simplicity.
• Efficient code splitting and faster load times enhance user experience.
• Combining TypeScript with Vite results in faster build times and optimized development experience.

Benefits of React with Vite

• Vite offers speed, efficiency, and compatibility with modern JavaScript libraries like React.
• Enables rapid development and efficient code splitting for improved performance.

Creating a Vite project

1. Ensure Node.js ≥v18 is installed.
2. Create a Vite project by running a specific command in the terminal.
3. Choose project name and select TypeScript variant.

Vite project structure

• Configuration file: vite.config.ts

Running the application

1. Navigate to project folder.
2. Run npm install and npm run dev commands in the terminal.
3. Open the application in the web browser.

Building a blog application with React and Vite

1. Update code to add a navbar to the application's UI.
2. Add new styles to the application for visual enhancements.
3. Create blog data in a JSON file for rendering in the application.

Rendering blog data in the application

1. Define blog objects in a new file.
2. Style the component for better presentation.
3. Import and render the blog component in the application.

Performance benchmark

• TypeScript app performance: Vite startup time was faster than CRA (99ms vs. CRA).