react-dev-container

A simple development container for react, to run in vscode

Run container

• Clone the repository
• Make sure the Dev Containers extention is installed in vscode
• Open the project folder in vscode
• Open command plate (ctrl+shift+p) and choose Dev Containers: Reopen Folder in container

Create and run app

Create a project
npx create-react-app my-app
Use . instead of app-name to place the app files in the current directory

Run project
npm start

Environment Variables

The devcontainer.env adds an environment variable for the hot-reload to work on windows environment (wsl2) as well