# Create React App Starter Kit

This guide will walk you through in a step by step flow to configure your development environment to build and deploy a permaweb react application.

# Prerequisites

• Basic Typescript Knowledge (Not Mandatory) - [https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/](Learn Typescript)
• NodeJS v16.15.0 or greater - [https://nodejs.org/en/download/](Download NodeJS)
• Knowledge of ReactJS - [https://reactjs.org/](Learn ReactJS)
• Know git and common terminal commands

# Development Dependencies

• TypeScript
• NPM or Yarn Package Manager

# Steps

# Create Project

If you are not familiar with typescript you can exclude the extra check --template typescript

npx create-react-app permaweb-create-react-app --template typescript

yarn create react-app permaweb-create-react-app --template typescript

# Change into the Project Directory

cd permaweb-create-react-app

# Install react-router-dom

You have to install this package to manage routing between different pages

npm install react-router-dom --save

yarn add react-router-dom -D

# Run the App

Now we need to check if everything is working before jumping into next step, run

npm start

yarn start

# Modify the package.json to contain the following config

{
  ...
  "homepage": ".",
}

# Setup Routing

Now modify the application and add a new route such as an about page, first create 2 more .tsx files. (if you have exluceded the extra check --template typescript, then your component file extension should be .jsx or .js)

touch src/HomePage.tsx
touch src/About.tsx

# HomePage.tsx

import { Link } from "react-router-dom";

function HomePage() {
	return (
		<div>
			Welcome to the Permaweb!
			<Link to={"/about/"}>
				<div>About</div>
			</Link>
		</div>
	);
}

export default HomePage;

# About.tsx

import { Link } from "react-router-dom";

function About() {
	return (
    <div>
			Welcome to the About page!
			<Link to={"/"}>
				<div>Home</div>
			</Link>
		</div>
	);
}

export default About;

# Modify App.tsx

We need to update the App.tsx to manage the different pages

import { HashRouter } from "react-router-dom";
import { Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";

import HomePage from "./HomePage";
import About from "./About";

function App() {
	return (
		<HashRouter>
			<Routes>
				<Route path={"/"} element={<HomePage />} />
				<Route path={"/about/"} element={<About />} />
			</Routes>
		</HashRouter>
	);
}

export default App;

# Deploy Permanently

# Generate Wallet

We need the arweave package to generate a wallet

npm install --save arweave

yarn add arweave -D

then run this command in the terminal

node -e "require('arweave').init({}).wallets.generate().then(JSON.stringify).then(console.log.bind(console))" > wallet.json

It is very important to make sure that your wallet file is not included in any folder you want uploaded to Arweave.

# Setup Turbo

We need Turbo to deploy our app to the Permaweb.

# Fund Wallet

You will need to fund your wallet with ArDrive Turbo credits. To do this, enter ArDriveopen in new window and import your wallet. Then, you can purchase turbo credits for your wallet.

# Setup Permaweb-Deploy

npm install --global permaweb-deploy

yarn global add permaweb-deploy

# Fund Your Wallet

Turbo uses Turbo Credits to upload data to Arweave. You can purchase Turbo Credits with a variety of fiat currencies or crypto tokens. Below is an example for funding your wallet with 10 USD. It will open a browser window to complete the purchase using Stripe.

npm install @ardrive/turbo-sdk
turbo top-up --wallet-file wallet.json --currency USD --value 10

Be sure to replace wallet.json with the path to your Arweave wallet.

# Update package.json

{
  ...
  "scripts": {
    ...
    "deploy": "turbo upload-folder --folder-path ./build --wallet-file wallet.json > latest-manifest.json"
  }
  ...
}

This will upload your build folder to the permaweb, and save all of the details of the upload to a file named "latest-manifest.json". That way, you'll have a reference for the manifest TxId to use later.

# Run build

Now it is time to generate a build, run

npm run build

yarn build

# Run deploy

Finally we are good to deploy our first Permaweb Application

npm run deploy

yarn deploy

# Response

You should see a response similar to the following:

Deployed TxId [<<tx-id>>] to ANT [<<ant-process>>] using undername [<<undername>>]

Your React app can be found at https://arweave.net/<< tx-id >>.

# Summary

This is a Create React App version of publishing a React app on the permaweb. You may discover new ways to deploy an app on the permaweb or checkout other starter kits in this guide!