how to use fa fa icons in react
install the following packages into your project using a package manager like npm and yarn;
//for npm installation copy the code below and paste it to your terminal:
npm i --save @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core
npm install --save @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons
npm install --save @fortawesome/react-fontawesome
//for yarn installation copy the code below and paste it to your terminal:
yarn add @fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core
yarn add @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons
yarn add @fortawesome/react-fontawesome
/*After the installation,use the icons by first importing either of the packages
installed and then importing the icon of your choice from the package.
Refer to the below example*/
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome'
import { faCoffee } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
const element = <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faCoffee} />
ReactDOM.render(element, document.body)