setting up development environment for react and es6

step one

• npm init

step two

• npm install react react-dom --save

step three

• npm install babel-loader babel-core babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-react

step four

• touch index.html App.js main.js webpack.config.js
• assuming babel webpack webpack-dev-server is already installed globally
• here is the command if its not installed: npm install babel webpack webpack-dev-server -g

step five

• setup webpack.config.js