react-file-builder v1.1.0

React File Builder

CLI tools to quickly generate React files.

1. Quick Start
2. Installation
3. Initialization
4. Basic usage
5. Options
6. Configuration
7. Motivation

Quick start

# Install package on your system
npm install -g react-file-builder

# Define preferences for your project
> rfb init

# Generate your first component files
> rfb component MyComponent

# Generate component files in a different folder than the default one
> rfb component MyComponent -d path/to/specific/directory

Look at the following documentation to alternative installation, more precisions on preferences, and options.

Installation

You can install react-file-builder globally :

npm install -g react-file-builder

OR install it on your project only :

npm install --save-dev react-file-builder

IMPORTANT : In the second case, you have to add this to your $PATH to use the rfb command:

If you use bash :

echo 'export PATH="./node_modules/.bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

If you use zsh :

echo 'export PATH="./node_modules/.bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Initialization

Initialize the .rfb.json file that contains the configuration.
The command ask you some information about your project and your preferences.
See the configure part for more details.

> rfb init

Basic usage

This command will generate the following file structure :

> rfb component Avatar 

- src/
--- components/
----- Avatar/
------- Avatar.tsx
------- Avatar.css
------- Avatar.test.tsx
------- index.ts

And Avatar.tsx contains :

import React from 'react';
import './Avatar.css';

interface Props {}

const Avatar: React.FC<Props> = (props: Props) => {
  return (
    <>
    </>
  );
}

export default Avatar;

Of course, it's possible to configure this generation.

Options

--dir

Specify the directory where to generate component files.
:information_source: The rootComponentsDirectory define in preferences is NOT used with this option.

If some specified directories doesn't exist, rfb will create them for you :wink:.

Usage :

> rfb component MyComponent --dir path/to/specific/directory

# or shorter
> rfb component MyComponent -d path/to/specific/directory

The above commend will generate :

- path/
--- to/
----- specific/
------- directory/
--------- MyComponent/
----------- MyComponent.tsx
----------- MyComponent.css
----------- MyComponent.test.tsx
----------- MyComponent.ts

Configuration

Run rfb init to generate a .rfb.json file with configuration.

{
  "isReactNative": false,
  "useTypescript": false,
  "generateTests": true,
  "generateStyles": true,
  "stylesExtension": ".scss",
  "rootComponentsDirectory": "src/components/"
}

Motivation

React folder structure is free, and each developer can make his own file structure. But which is the best ? Is there a best solution ?

This module doesn't provide a solution, it only help people using this approach : 1 component = 1 folder with all component files.

Structure example :

- public/
- src/
--- actions/			
--- components/
----- Button/
------- Button.jsx
------- Button.scss
------- Button.test.jsx
------- index.js
----- Profile/
------- Avatar/
--------- Avatar.jsx
--------- Avatar.scss
--------- Avatar.test.jsx
--------- index.js
------- UserDetails.jsx
--------- UserDetails.scss
--------- UserDetails.test.jsx
--------- index.js
--- config/			
--- contexts/			
--- helpers/			
--- hooks/
--- models/
--- reducers/
--- services/

Each developer is free to organize his components as he wants, and it can depend on project.

The important part is the component structure :

- Avatar/
--- Avatar.jsx
--- Avatar.scss
--- Avatar.test.jsx
--- index.js

Let's assume that each component is a new folder with the component itself, its style file, and its tests. (The index.js allow avoiding import from ./Avatar/Avatar.) This structure makes it possible to have a well-cut and easily maintainable application.

However, there is a problem that impacts productivity : creating this structure each time we need a new component.

This is what React File Builder is made for !
RFB command line allow to easily generate this kind of structure very quickly.

This package will have some new features on the future. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please tell me !