This brings us to the end of our initial look at React, including how to install it locally, creating a starter app, and how the bAsics work. In the next article, we'll start building our first proper application — a todo list. Before we do that, however, let's recap some of the things we've learned....This brings us to the end of our initial look at React, including how to install it locally, creating a starter app, and how the basics work. In the next article, we'll start building our first proper application — a todo list. Before we do that, however, let's recap some of the things we've learned.