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Tools to Speed Up React Component Creation

Helder Esteves
Helder Esteves
May 5, 2023 3 Mins Read
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React is a powerful framework for building modern, scalable, and fast web applications. As a developer, one of the most important things you can do to increase your productivity and efficiency when working with React is to find ways to speed up your component creation process. In this article, we’ll explore tools to speed up React component creation.

Component Templates

One of the most time-consuming parts of building React components is creating the initial boilerplate code. To save time and increase productivity, you can use component templates to create pre-defined code snippets that you can reuse across your project.

There are many tools and libraries available that allow you to create component templates. One of the most popular options is the create-react-app library, which provides a set of pre-built templates that you can use to quickly create new components.

Here’s an example of how you can use create-react-app to create a new component:

create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

This will create a new React project and start the development server. You can then use the create-react-app command to create new components:

create-react-app my-component --template component

This will create a new component template that you can use as a starting point for your own components.

Another popular option for creating component templates is the Plop library. Plop allows you to create custom templates that are specific to your project, which can be a great way to ensure consistency across your components.

To use Plop, you’ll first need to install it as a dev dependency:

npm install --save-dev plop

You can then create a new template by creating a plopfile.js file in your project:

module.exports = function(plop) {
  plop.setGenerator('component', {
    description: 'Create a new React component',
    prompts: [{
      type: 'input',
      name: 'name',
      message: 'What is the name of your component?',
    }],
    actions: [{
      type: 'add',
      path: 'src/components/{{name}}/{{name}}.js',
      templateFile: 'plop-templates/component.js.hbs',
    }],
  });
};

In this example, we’ve defined a generator called ‘component’, which prompts the user for the name of the component and creates a new file in the src/components directory. We’ve also specified a template file called component.js.hbs, which contains the boilerplate code for our component.

Once you’ve defined your generator, you can run it using the plop command:

npx plop component

This will prompt you for the name of your component and create a new file based on your template.

Here are some other alternatives:

  • Hygen: a code generator that allows you to define and use templates for various types of files, including React components. It can be installed via npm using the command npm install -g hygen.
  • Yeoman: a popular scaffolding tool that allows you to generate code templates for various types of projects, including React applications. It can be installed via npm using the command npm install -g yo.

VSCode Extensions

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is one of the most popular code editors for web development, and it has a wide range of extensions available that can help you speed up your React component creation process.

One of the most useful VSCode extensions for React development is the ES7 React/Redux/GraphQL/React-Native snippets extension. This extension provides a wide range of pre-built code snippets that you can use to quickly create components, hooks, and other React-related code.

To install this extension, simply search for “ES7 React” in the VSCode extensions marketplace and install it.

Another useful extension for React development is the Reactjs code snippets extension. This extension provides a set of pre-built code snippets that are specific to React, such as rcc (which creates a new class component) and rfc (which creates a new functional component).

To install this extension, search for “Reactjs code snippets” in the VSCode extensions marketplace and install it.

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