Remove/Replace References to Create React App (CRA) – Deprecated in February 2025

[kaylahrose]

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Identify location of CRA references is an activity of this issue.

Type of problem

Issue Summary

Create React App (CRA) was officially deprecated in February 2025. Some areas of the curriculum still reference CRA as the default setup method for React projects. Since Vite is now the recommended way to initialize React apps, we should audit and update all references to CRA across tutorials, lesson plans, and resources.

Tasks to Complete

• Identify all instances of CRA in the curriculum.
• Replace CRA instructions with the latest Vite-based setup.
• Update explanations and code snippets that assume a CRA file structure.
• Ensure external links/resources reflect up-to-date recommendations.

Where to Look?

• React setup lessons & starter project guides
• Workshops, homework assignments, and project boilerplates
• Any mentions of npx create-react-app my-app
• Links to the official CRA documentation (which may become outdated)

Suggested Solution

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[daaimah123]

It could be useful to consult the work done for #2074

[glassblowerscat]

May I please be assigned to this issue?

[daaimah123]

@glassblowerscat you have been assigned this issue.

[daaimah123]

@glassblowerscat can you share where you are with this issue?

[glassblowerscat]

@glassblowerscat can you share where you are with this issue?

@daaimah123 Sorry, I haven't started yet! It looks like someone already opened a PR for it, so if that closes the issue we can just take me off of it

[daaimah123]

That draft PR (#2318 by @kaylahrose) has definitely started poking at three places in the curriculum for sure.

@glassblowerscat Please let me know if you find other areas in the curriculum that warrant an additional PR, as I don't think those three areas will resolve this issue. Alternatively, if you need to be taken off the issue, no worries, but please do also let me know.

[glassblowerscat]

@daaimah123 I was hoping to crack it open this week, so I don't need to be taken off; thanks!

[daaimah123]

Hey @glassblowerscat and @kaylahrose checking in about work on this issue

• any updates?
• do either of you need any support?

[glassblowerscat]

@daaimah123 I'm sorry, I had planned to start this, and then I got assigned a mentee. I haven't forgotten about it, but if you want to take me off of it so someone else can pick it up, that's fine

[daaimah123]

@glassblowerscat I appreciate the update, this is a non-priority issue, so no rush, just making my rounds on open issues with assignees. Take some more time with the issue and I'll check back in periodically