You will see later on how this works out on the command line for Windows users. The underlying node package manager (NPM) is used to install libraries, such as React.js, to your project on the command line.

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime which makes it possible to run JavaScript outside of the browser. Since you are going to use JavaScript for your React development on Windows, there is no way around Node.js and NPM. That's why I think I can give you a concise way on how to use React on a Windows machine. Thus I had to go through the whole React setup on a Windows machine with them. Just recently I worked closely with a group of developers who were required to develop on a Windows machine, because of company internal policies. I wanted to address this issue, since a lot of people reading The Road to React are using Windows too. Especially when people want to enter the world of React.js in Windows, there is a missing starting point. There are plenty of articles out there on how to setup your web development environment on MacOS, but very few on how to setup it on Windows.

In this article, you will find a step by step guide on how to install React on Windows.

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