@canonical/maas-react-components

MAAS React Components

Library of React components for use in MAAS UI projects.

It contains components that are either specific to, or only used in MAAS.
General purpose components should be added to @canonical/react-components instead.

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Getting started

Installation

npm install @canonical/maas-react-components

or using yarn:

yarn add @canonical/maas-react-components

Add styles import to your app:

@import "@canonical/maas-react-components/dist/style.css";

Development with maas-react-components

To see the changes you make to maas-react-components reflected in a consuming app immediately, follow these steps:

1. In the maas-react-components directory, run the following command to create a symlink:

   yarn link

2. In the consuming repository (e.g., maas-ui), run the following command to use the local version of maas-react-components:

   yarn link "@canonical/maas-react-components"

3. Go back to maas-react-components directory and run the following command to start the build process with the watch flag:

   npm run build:watch

4. As you make changes to maas-react-components they will be automatically built and reflected in the consuming app.

Creating a new component

Make sure to read our React Components Guidelines before you proceed.

Run the following command from the root of the project:

npm run create-component

The script will prompt you to enter details of the new component.

It will create a new directory and files based on the details you provided. New files will contain a basic setup for your new component, including a basic test and a storybook story.