--- title: "Create React App 2.0 Released" publication: "React Status" issue: 108 published_at: "2018-10-03" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/108" --- This week's React news #108 — October 3, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/108) react status Starting this week _React Status_ will now land in your inbox **every Wednesday**. Of course, due to sending our [last issue on Friday](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/107), this week's newsletter is a little shorter than usual — normal service will resume next week. We just wanted to flag the change here, and use this opportunity to say thanks for reading! 🙂 ⚛️ _[The React Status Team](https://twitter.com/reactdaily)_ [Create React App 2.0: Babel 7, Sass, and More](https://reactjs.org/blog/2018/10/01/create-react-app-v2.html) — A significant release of a project that’s had a huge effect on the adoption of React by making it easier to get a project started. 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