Need help with frontend project

JavaScript
#1

Hello everyone!
I’m new to coding, I’m nearly 2 months into coding. I’m going to make efforts to be more active here, so far I’ve tried mostly relying on tutorials and repitition/whatever sources I can find.
For the Front End Project, I’ve been trying different things - codepen, React, Visual Studio Code, etc. Yet my code doesn’t seem to work, and I don’t know what to do.
This is what I have so far. Can anyone help? Would really appreciate it. Thanks!
HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@18/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@18/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone/babel.min.js"></script>
    <title>Random Quote Machine</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div id = "app"></div>
    <script type="text/babel" src="./index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

JS:
function App(){
    return {
<div> "Hello World" </div>
    };
    }

ReactDOM.reader(<App/>, document.getElementById("app"))
#2

I’ve edited your code for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (</>) to add backticks around text.

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See this post to find the backtick on your keyboard.
Note: Backticks (`) are not single quotes (').

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#3

You mentioned you tried Codepen. Do you have a link to it?

Remember, Codepen and Visual Studio Code are both editors. React is a JavaScript library.

Also, you might want to go back through the React challenges, if you believe the following is a valid way to render something in React. You will not find an example doing this.

function App(){
  return {
    <div> "Hello World" </div>
  };
}
#4

Yes, this is what I have so far on Codepen. I want to finish it in Codepen before repeating it in React. The code I put above is what I tried for Visual Studio, where I was trying to enable React.

#5

Yes, I think you’re right. I’m going to repeat them to make sure I get the concepts. Thank you.
Sometimes I’m not sure if I got the concept of what I’m doing, so it helps to get immediate feedback.

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#6

In your Codepen (which is using jQuery), you have a function named getQuote, but you never use it.

#7

Am I far off?
And is this the right way to enable React?

JS:
//First line ReactDOM.reader(, document.getElementById(“app”)) //

HTML:
First Line //script crossorigin src=“https://unpkg.com/react@18/umd/react.development.js”>//

//script crossorigin src=“https://unpkg.com/react-dom@18/umd/react-dom.development.js”>// Second Line

////Third Line

#8

If you are using Codepen and using React, you will need to specify Babel as the preprocessor under the JavaScript settings, remove the Babel script from the index.html file.

#10

It’s fully gone now, though I still have it in my visual studio code. Should I take it out from there as well?