Using Bun with React

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Now that we have Bun setup locally, let's see how it works with React.
The cool part is that we actually get a build out of the box from Bun. So let's use that and have a play with it.
To get started open up your terminal and run the following command.
bun create react bun-react
The bun-react part is the folder that will be created with everything inside of it.
It's actually a super fast command to run and you'll have your app in a second or so.
I then went ahead and added a simple counter component called Counter.jsx
import { useState } from 'react';
function Counter() {
const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
return (
<div>
<span>Counter: {counter}</span>
<button onClick={() => setCounter((count) => count + 1)}>+</button>
</div>
);
}
export default Counter;
And then imported it in my App.jsx file.
import "./App.css";
import Counter from "./Counter";
function App() {
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<Counter />
</div>
);
}
export default App;
With that in place run your application with the following command.
bun dev
You should now be able to open up your server on http://localhost:3000/ and see your bun powered React app.

And that's it a super quick way to run your React apps.
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