From a9973c963def8568c49818fbeef116ff55b30169 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ololade Dammie <37069209+bitbender1010@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 21:40:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added "npm install -g create-react-app"

The documentation did not state that new React users would need to install React globally before running "create-react-app", this update would help news users avoid errors when creating their first React project.
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 content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md b/content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md
index 8756a2c42d3..292cf7a5897 100644
--- a/content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md
+++ b/content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ The React team primarily recommends these solutions:
 
 ### Create React App {#create-react-app}
 
-[Create React App](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app) is a comfortable environment for **learning React**, and is the best way to start building **a new [single-page](/docs/glossary.html#single-page-application) application** in React.
+[Create React App](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app) is a comfortable environment for **learning React**, and is the best way to start building **a new [single-page](/docs/glossary.html#single-page-application) application** in React. Before you create your **React app**, you need to first install [Create React App](https://github.com/reactjs/reactjs.org/blob/main/content/docs/create-a-new-react-app.md#create-react-app) globally so you don't encounter errors when you run "npx create-react-app my-app".
+
+```bash
+npm install -g create-react-app
+```
 
 It sets up your development environment so that you can use the latest JavaScript features, provides a nice developer experience, and optimizes your app for production. You’ll need to have [Node >= 14.0.0 and npm >= 5.6](https://nodejs.org/en/) on your machine. To create a project, run: