Creating a Remix project - Try It Yourself

Creating a Remix project

📖 Scenario: You want to build a simple web app using Remix. Remix helps you create fast and modern websites with React and server-side rendering.We will start by setting up a new Remix project step-by-step.

🎯 Goal: Create a new Remix project with the basic setup, including the project folder, configuration, main route, and root component.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a new Remix project folder named my-remix-app

Add a remix.config.js file with basic configuration

Create a main route file app/routes/index.jsx with a simple component

Add a root component app/root.jsx that renders the routes

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Remix is used to build fast, modern web apps with React and server-side rendering, suitable for blogs, e-commerce, and dashboards.

💼 Career

Knowing how to set up a Remix project is useful for frontend developers working with React and modern web frameworks.

1

Create the Remix project folder

Create a new folder named my-remix-app to hold your Remix project files.

Remix

# Create a folder named my-remix-app
# Your code here

Hint

Use your file explorer or terminal command mkdir my-remix-app to create the folder.

2

Add the Remix config file

Inside my-remix-app, create a file named remix.config.js with this exact content:
module.exports = { appDirectory: 'app', serverBuildTarget: 'node-cjs' };

Remix

# Create remix.config.js with the required content
# Your code here

Hint

This file tells Remix where your app code lives and how to build the server.

3

Create the main route component

Inside my-remix-app/app/routes, create a file named index.jsx with this React component:

export default function Index() {
  return <h1>Welcome to Remix!</h1>;
}

Remix

module.exports = { appDirectory: 'app', serverBuildTarget: 'node-cjs' };

// Create app/routes/index.jsx with the Index component
// Your code here

Hint

This is the main page that users will see when they visit your site.

4

Add the root component

Create a file app/root.jsx with this code to render your routes:

import { Outlet } from '@remix-run/react';

export default function App() {
  return <Outlet />;
}

Remix

export default function Index() {
  return Welcome to Remix!;
}

// Create app/root.jsx with the root component
// Your code here

Hint

The root component uses Outlet to show the current route's content.