How to Create a E-commerce website using React JS part 1

React JS is a popular JavaScript library that is used to build interactive and dynamic user interfaces. In this article, we will walk through the process of creating a complete e-commerce website using React JS. In part 1, we will cover the basics of setting up our project and creating the foundation for our e-commerce website.

Setting up the Project

Before we start building our e-commerce website, we need to set up our React JS project. We can do this by using Create React App, a tool that makes it easy to create and run a new React project. To do this, we can run the following command in our terminal:

        
            npx create-react-app my-ecommerce-website
        
    

Creating the Foundation

Once our project is set up, we can start creating the foundation for our e-commerce website. This includes setting up the basic structure of our website, creating components for different parts of the website, and setting up routing for navigation between different pages.

Basic Structure

We can start by creating the basic structure of our website, including the header, footer, and main content area. We can use HTML and CSS to create the layout and styling for these elements, and then create React components to represent them in our project.