React

Adding React support to the Webpack template doesn't require a complicated boilerplate to get started.
The following guide has been tested with React 17, Babel 7, and Webpack 5.
Create the app and setup the Webpack config
Create the app with the Webpack template. Add the following packages to your devDependencies so that JSX and other React features can be used properly:
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yarn add --dev @babel/core @babel/preset-react babel-loader
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npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/preset-react babel-loader
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Set up the babel-loadermodule with the React preset in webpack.rules.js:
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module.exports = [
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  // ... existing loader config ...
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  {
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    test: /\.jsx?$/,
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    use: {
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      loader: 'babel-loader',
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      options: {
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        exclude: /node_modules/,
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        presets: ['@babel/preset-react']
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      }
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    }
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  },
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  // ... existing loader config ...
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]
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Add the React dependencies
Add the basic React packages to your dependencies:
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yarn add react react-dom
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npm install --save react react-dom
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Integrate React code
You should now be able to start writing and using React components in your Electron app. The following is a very minimal example of how to start to add React code:
src/app.jsx
src/renderer.js
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import * as React from 'react';
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import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
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function render() {
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  ReactDOM.render(<h2>Hello from React!</h2>, document.body);
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}
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​
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render();
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// Add this to the end of the existing file
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import './app.jsx';
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For more about React, see their documentation.

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Create the app and setup the Webpack config

Add the React dependencies

Integrate React code