Course Welcome

An Intro to Component Libraries and Design Systems

Syllabus

Environment setup

Introduction

Which React Components to Build? An Atomic Design Guide

Which UI Elements Should be Turned Into React Components?

Choose React Dependencies for a Maintainable Component Library

Shared components

How to Host an NPM Package in GitHub for Free

How to Add Storybook to React to Test Component Library Locally

How to Keep React Code Consistent With Prettier and ESLint

Library creation

Build a Custom React Button Component With forwardRef API

Build a Custom Design System With React Styled Components

Validate React Props With PropTypes and TypeScript

Shared component patterns

How to Design Compound Components With React Context

How to Design Custom React Field Components With useUniqueID

How to Extend Styled Component Styles With New Style Props

Advanced patterns

How to Test React Component Libraries With ts-jest

How to Build Tests For React Button Components

How to Build Accessibility Tests For React Field Components

Component testing

The Best Ways to Bundle React Modules Into Packages

How to Configure Babel and RollupJS for React Storybook

How to Add TypeScript Declarations to a React Build Process

Build process

Setting Up Continuous Integration for a React Component Library With GitHub Actions

How to Start a GitHub Publish Workflow With a Private Repository

How to Import a Custom Component Library Into a React Project

Deployment and automation

react

node.js

typescript

storybook

This course will teach you how to create a flexible, private, enterprise-grade component library using React.

Since its introduction in 2013, React has become one of the [most used front-end frameworks](https://2019.stateofjs.com/front-end-frameworks/). Its component-based architecture and flexibility has made it the framework of choice for those needing to share code across multiple teams.

However, the same flexibility that has helped React grow in popularity also creates many challenges when creating shared assets and tooling. Some of the most commonly asked questions include:

- What components should be shared?
- How do I choose which dependencies to include in my library?
- Which component APIs and design patterns allow for the most flexibility?
- How do I document and build my components?
- How should I be testing my library?
- Where do I deploy my components for internal use?

This course will teach you how to create a flexible, private, enterprise-grade
component library using React.

The newline Guide to Building a Company Component Library

How to identify potential shared components in an existing codebase

Importance of choosing your libraries dependencies

How to create an NPM library from scratch with TypeScript and Storybook

Basic and advanced API patterns for shared components

How to build and deploy a modern NPM package to a private NPM registry

This course is written with flexibility in mind. The lessons are recorded in a MacOS environment, but all examples are applicable for Windows, and Linux environments as well.

We will be creating private repositories and packages within GitHub during this course. If you don't have a GitHub account, 

. If you haven't authenticated GitHub locally, you can 

During this course we will be using the latest release of Node.js, 

. We will also be using the latest version of NPM, 

. If your organization uses yarn, all examples are compatible with yarn 

node -v # should return v16.x.x
npm -v # should return v7.x.x

If you don't have the correct versions installed, view the platform-specific 

 is required for this course. Follow these platform-specific 

If you don't have a preferred code editor, I recommend installing 

If you see an error, a typo, or any other issue, send an email to 

 with the issue and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

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This course is written with flexibility in mind. The lessons are recorded in a MacOS environment, but all examples are applicable for Windows, and Linux environments as well.

## GitHub account

We will be creating private repositories and packages within GitHub during this course. If you don't have a GitHub account, [create one here](https://github.com/join). If you haven't authenticated GitHub locally, you can [configure SSH](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh).

All GitHub usage will be within their [free tier](https://github.com/pricing).

## Node.js and NPM

During this course we will be using the latest release of Node.js, `v16.x`. We will also be using the latest version of NPM, `v7.x`. If your organization uses yarn, all examples are compatible with yarn `v1`.

Check your current versions by running:

```bash
node -v # should return v16.x.x
npm -v # should return v7.x.x
```

If you don't have the correct versions installed, view the platform-specific [installation instructions](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/).

## Git

[Git](https://git-scm.com/) is required for this course. Follow these platform-specific [installation instructions](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).

## Editor

If you don't have a preferred code editor, I recommend installing [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/).

## Reporting errors

If you see an error, a typo, or any other issue, send an email to [us@fullstack.io](mailto:us@fullstack.io) with the issue and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.


How to setup your environment to complete this course.

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The newline Guide to Building Your First GraphQL Server with Node and TypeScript

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Amelia Wattenberger

Author of Fullstack D3

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The newline Guide to Building a Company Component Library

Module 1: Introduction

Introduction:

Start Here

Introduction: (2:36)

Course Welcome

Introduction: (1:44)

An Intro to Component Libraries and Design Systems

Introduction: (1:23)

Syllabus

Introduction: (0:49)

Environment setup

Module 2: Shared components

Lesson 1: (2:04)

Which React Components to Build? An Atomic Design Guide

Lesson 2: (4:30)

Which UI Elements Should be Turned Into React Components?

Lesson 3: (2:22)

Choose React Dependencies for a Maintainable Component Library

Module 3: Library creation

Lesson 1: (4:37)

How to Host an NPM Package in GitHub for Free

Lesson 2: (4:46)

How to Add Storybook to React to Test Component Library Locally

Lesson 3: (4:55)

How to Keep React Code Consistent With Prettier and ESLint

Module 4: Shared component patterns

Lesson 1: (7:49)

Build a Custom React Button Component With forwardRef API

Lesson 2: (13:39)

Build a Custom Design System With React Styled Components

Lesson 3: (2:05)

Validate React Props With PropTypes and TypeScript

Module 5: Advanced patterns

Lesson 1: (2:09)

How to Design Compound Components With React Context

Lesson 2: (15:48)

How to Design Custom React Field Components With useUniqueID

Lesson 3: (7:51)

How to Extend Styled Component Styles With New Style Props

Module 6: Component testing

Lesson 1: (2:45)

How to Test React Component Libraries With ts-jest

Lesson 2: (5:13)

How to Build Tests For React Button Components

Lesson 3: (4:51)

How to Build Accessibility Tests For React Field Components

Module 7: Build process

Lesson 1: (2:55)

The Best Ways to Bundle React Modules Into Packages

Lesson 2: (8:10)

How to Configure Babel and RollupJS for React Storybook

Lesson 3: (2:17)

How to Add TypeScript Declarations to a React Build Process

Module 8: Deployment and automation

Lesson 1: (3:17)

Setting Up Continuous Integration for a React Component Library With GitHub Actions

Lesson 2: (1:28)

How to Start a GitHub Publish Workflow With a Private Repository

Lesson 3: (4:50)

How to Import a Custom Component Library Into a React Project

Environment setup