Epic: Ship Create React App v5

[darcyclarke]

Problem Statement

Create React App (CRA) is a widely used/known/popular JavaScript project; They are currently considering refactoring the tool to align closer w/ npm v7 Workspaces.

Features

• Get CRA to adopt npm Workspaces in the development of v5 Use npm v7 with workspaces for local development and testing facebook/create-react-app#11304
• Contribute to the refactoring of the codebase into TypeScript
• Help remove use-npm as a flag in the CLI (adopt a style of respecting the package manager in use - ex. npm exec ... vs yarn dlx ...) Use env var to detect yarn or npm as the package manager facebook/create-react-app#11322

Exit Criteria

• Features fully implemented
• Documentation is written for usage

[darcyclarke]

Updates

• @lukekarrys to work on POC this week to showcase npm v7 workspaces working in current project (ie. v4.x)

[darcyclarke]

Closing as this landed in the most recent Alpha & soon to be fully released/GA Wednesday September 23rd:

• Use npm v7 with workspaces for local development and testing facebook/create-react-app#11304
• Use env var to detect yarn or npm as the package manager facebook/create-react-app#11322