How to Build a Complete React Portfolio Website Tutorial - Step by Step Tutorial

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In this tutorial topic "How to Build a Complete React Portfolio Website Tutorial - Step by Step Tutorial", we will learn how to create it following these simple easy steps.

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Why Create This Project?

Creating this React Portfolio Website serves three major purposes:

Showcase Your Skills Professionally:

A well-crafted portfolio is your digital handshake. It shows clients not just what you know, but how you apply it—clean code, responsive design, and UI/UX flow.

Build Real-World Experience:

You’ll learn how to structure a real web app with reusable components, responsive layouts, animations, routing, and project integration—everything employers actually care about.

Stand Out in a Crowded Field:

A live React portfolio sets you apart. It tells a story, adds credibility, and builds confidence in your skills. It’s not just a project—it’s a personal brand.

Setting Up the Project

Before building the "Portfolio Website" with React.js and CSS, ensure Node.js is installed on your computer. If not, download and install it from the official Node.js website.

Create a Project Folder:

1. Make a new folder, for instance, “portfolio-website”.
2. Open this folder in your VS Code editor.

Initialize the Project:

Open your terminal by pressing Ctrl + J and then use Vite to create a new React app with this command:

  npm create vite@latest ./ -- --template react

Install necessary dependencies and start the development server:

npm install
npm run dev

If your project is running in your browser, congratulations! You’ve successfully set up your weather app. Now, let’s move on to modifying folders and files.

Modify folder and CSS Files:

1. In this tutorial, we're going to be using Tailwind CSS. 
2. TailwindCSS Setup
3. Remove the default assets folder and App.css file.
4. Replace the content of index.css with the provided CSS code.

@import "tailwindcss";

* {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-margin-top: 50px;
}

@theme {
  --main-color: #80db66;
  --primary-color: #2d2e36;
  --secondary-color: #e2ecf6;
  --text-color: #b0aac0;
  --meta-text-color: #9b9db1;
  --section-bg: #212228;
  --main-border: #474747;
  --transparent-bg: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
  --508: 508px;
  --250: 250px;
  --animate-zoom: zoom 5s linear infinite alternate;
  --animate-rotate: rotate 5s linear infinite;
}

@layer components {
  .outline-btn {
    @apply border border-(--main-color) text-white rounded-sm py-2 px-7 font-semibold hover:bg-(--main-color) uppercase transition-all duration-300 ease-in hover:text-gray-800;
  }

  .transparent-header {
    @apply absolute left-0 top-0 w-full z-20 py-5 md:px-20 px-10 transition duration-300 ease-in;
  }

  .sticky-menu {
    @apply fixed top-0 left-0 w-full z-20 bg-(--primary-color) py-3 transition duration-300 ease-in;
  }

  .white-filled-btn {
    @apply border border-transparent text-(--primary-color) bg-(--secondary-color) rounded-sm py-2 px-7 font-semibold cursor-pointer hover:bg-transparent hover:border-(--secondary-color) hover:text-(--secondary-color) uppercase transition-all duration-300 ease-in;
  }
}

@keyframes zoom {
  0% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    transform: scale(1.1);
  }
}

@keyframes rotate {
  100% {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}
  
  
  

Creating the Components

Within the src directory of your project, organize your files by creating a “components” folder. Inside the components folder, create the following files:

1. Component.jsx

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Conclusion and Final word

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