A minimal boilerplate for building React components for npm, including a demo page for GitHub Pages.
React NPM Component Starter is a minimal boilerplate project for building React UI components intended for distribution via npm. It provides a correctly configured setup for transpiling component libraries and includes a demo page that can be hosted on GitHub Pages. The project solves the common pain points of setting up a React component library, such as proper transpilation and demo hosting.
React developers who want to create and publish reusable UI components or libraries to npm, especially those new to building npm packages.
Developers choose this boilerplate for its simplicity and focus on the essentials, avoiding complex tooling configurations. It ensures correct transpilation practices that prevent dependency duplication and supports easy demo hosting on GitHub Pages.
A minimal boilerplate for building a react component for npm, including a demo page.
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Focuses solely on component development without adding unnecessary tools like linting or testing, keeping the setup straightforward and easy to grasp for beginners.
Transpiles library code with Babel without bundling, preventing dependency duplication and ensuring compatibility across different bundler configurations, as explained in the README.
Includes a demo app that can be built for production and easily hosted on GitHub Pages, providing a live showcase without extra setup, with clear steps in the README.
Maintains separate folders for library code (src/lib) and documentation/demo (src/docs), making the project organization intuitive and reducing confusion.
The author explicitly states this boilerplate is no longer maintained and recommends a modern alternative, making it risky for new projects due to potential security and compatibility issues.
Uses only Babel for transpilation without bundling, which lacks optimizations like tree-shaking and doesn't support UMD builds, limiting performance and use in certain environments.
Purposefully excludes linting, testing, and code formatting tools, forcing developers to manually set these up if needed, which adds overhead for teams seeking a polished workflow.
Requires manual import of separate CSS files by users, as inline styles have limitations, and direct CSS imports depend on webpack style-loader, complicating usage for some setups.