[davedx]

> I can start building an actual app within 3 minutes of typing "ember new" – with React, I'd spend the first couple of days just fiddling around with build scripts.

> Sure, there are now react boilerplates that do this, but there are too many out there to properly evaluate what to use. Why not just make it a part of the framework?

create-react-app [1] is the official out-of-the-box CLI for React apps. It's maintained by the React team and has been around for a while now too. I may occasionally disagree with what gets included (e.g. service workers) but overall it's been a massive bootstrapping productivity booster for me.

[1] https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app

[atonse]

As recently as 6 months ago I had react developers point me to a couple different boilerplates. So my info on this is a bit skewed. Good to check into this.