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Add instructions on alternative methods of app creation #4638

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Expand Up @@ -36,14 +36,30 @@ Just create a project, and you’re good to go.

**You’ll need to have Node >= 6 on your local development machine** (but it’s not required on the server). You can use [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#installation) (macOS/Linux) or [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows#node-version-manager-nvm-for-windows) to easily switch Node versions between different projects.

To create a new app, run a single command:
To create a new app, you may choose one of the following methods:

### npx

```sh
npx create-react-app my-app
```

*([npx](https://medium.com/@maybekatz/introducing-npx-an-npm-package-runner-55f7d4bd282b) comes with npm 5.2+ and higher, see [instructions for older npm versions](https://gist.github.com/gaearon/4064d3c23a77c74a3614c498a8bb1c5f))*

### npm

```sh
npm init react-app my-app
```
*`npm init <initializer>` is available in npm 6+*

### Yarn

```sh
yarn create react-app my-app
```
*`yarn create` is available in Yarn 0.25+*

It will create a directory called `my-app` inside the current folder.<br>
Inside that directory, it will generate the initial project structure and install the transitive dependencies:

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