Building Tic-Tac-Toe with React

Overview

This was my first real React project, following the official React tutorial. I learned components, useState, props, event handling, and the time-travel pattern for game history. Then I added my own twist: a click counter with escalating commentary, and a surprise at 100 clicks.

The original lived on my old site as a React 18 game embedded with UMD scripts and Babel standalone. On this site it's a proper TypeScript component - play it below. Fun fact: this whole website is now built in React, so the student became the site.