[buchanaf]

I feel like a broken record, but definitely take a look at create-react-app if you haven't already. Its extremely well documented and takes care of managing the 20+ dev dependencies that are typically associated with a project.

[conradfr]

It's useful but doesn't take care of state management AFAIK which can be a big part.

[tommyd]

And likewise I feel like a broken record, but try MobX instead of Redux. Much quicker to get started.