README.md

Creata a React Component Library

This code was made from this article: https://hackernoon.com/creating-a-library-of-react-components-using-create-react-app-without-ejecting-d182df690c6b

and the original repo: https://github.com/aakashns/simple-component-library

Component

• put component inside src/lib.
• be sure to export the component in src/lib/index.js Example:

import TextInput from "./components/TextInput";

export { TextInput };

Name and Config

package.json
Remark: a unique name is required.
Example:

{
  "name": "aladin-lib",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  ...
}

Build

npm run build

Remark: in Windows you should run the command with Git Bash.

Publish

npm login
npm publish

Installation

npm install package-name

Example

npm install aladin-lib

Usage

import { TextInput } from "aladin-lib";

function App() {
  ...

  return (
    <div className="App">
      <TextInput label="Email Address" placeholder="[email protected]" />
      ...