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React's Create React App Hits End of Road: Frameworks or Bust

The React core team just sunset Create React App, urging devs to switch to modern tools. It's a stark signal: bare React apps are dinosaurs in 2024's framework wars.

React logo with sunset graphic over Create React App terminal

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Create React App deprecated for new apps; migrate to Vite or frameworks. 𝕏
  • Vite offers 5x faster builds; Next.js leads React framework adoption. 𝕏
  • Signals React's shift to framework-first development, like jQuery's decline. 𝕏
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Originally reported by React Blog

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