AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Code Pen

In this lesson, the instructor transitions from using a simple text editor to Codepen for React development. The video covers setting up Codepen, including creating HTML, CSS, and JavaScript windows for live rendering. It explains how to import scripts and manage settings to streamline the coding process. The lesson introduces Babel as a JavaScript preprocessor to enable JSX syntax, demonstrating its functionality and benefits. The instructor concludes by hinting at a deeper dive into JSX in the next lesson.

What is the purpose of using Codepen for the first project in the lesson?

Explain how changes made in Codepen are reflected in the browser window.

What is the significance of separating HTML from JavaScript in the Codepen settings?

Describe the process of changing the JavaScript preprocessor to Babel in Codepen.

What is JSX and how does it relate to the use of Babel in the lesson?