Optional Project 1: Amplify React quickstart

You’ll build the starter app using the official quickstart, so everyone begins with a consistent, working baseline.

Learning goals

  • Scaffold: Create a React app and initialize Amplify.

  • Provision: Deploy a minimal backend from your project.

  • Connect: Use Amplify’s client libraries to talk to your backend.

Prerequisites

  • Accounts and tools: AWS account with admin-level sandbox credentials, Node.js LTS, npm or yarn, and Git configured.

  • Clean environment: A new repo or a clean branch for this project.

Step-by-step

  1. Follow the official quickstart:

    • https://docs.amplify.aws/react/start/quickstart/

  2. Verify your baseline works:

    • The app runs locally.

    • Amplify resources deploy without errors.

    • You can make a sample request from the app to the provisioned backend (if included in the quickstart flow).

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