title: How to update React npm package in Visual Studio 2017
body: <p>I created a dotnet core 2.0 app using the React+ Redux template in VS2017. The template comes with react v15.6.1 by default, and I would like to upgrade this to v16. </p>
  
  <p>I first tried going into the npm packages  folder under the project dependencies list, and right clicking on react > Update Package. The update said it was completed but this however did not actually change my react version.</p>
  
  <p>I then went into the package.json file and started typing in the new version and 16.2.0 came up as an intellisense option, but when I saved the file the package again did not update.</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone figured out how to update the React version that comes with the template, there are a number of improvements in v16 I would like to make use of.</p>