Overview:
The React, MUI, and TypeScript Template is a comprehensive file structure and configuration guide that helps developers start a new React Single Page Application (SPA) project from scratch. It includes example components, best practices, and supports a superset of the latest JavaScript/TypeScript standard. The template uses React 18.2.0, MUI 5.11.15, and TypeScript 4.7.4 as its core libraries, with additional support for internationalization, routing, and documentation tools. It also provides code quality and performance tools such as ESLint, Stylelint, Jest, and React Testing Library.
Features:
- Exponentiation Operator (ES2016)
- Async/await (ES2017)
- Object Rest/Spread Properties (ES2018)
- Dynamic import() (stage 4 proposal)
- Class Fields and Static Properties (part of stage 3 proposal)
- TSX and TypeScript
- React 18.2.0 with React Scripts 5.0.1
- SASS 1.60.0 with CSS Modules
- MUI 5.11.15 with Emotion styling engine, Roboto Fonts and Material Icons
- TypeScript 4.7.4 with ES6
- I18next 22.4.13 for internationalization
- React Router 6.10.0 for the routing system
- Storybook 6.5.16 to document components
- ESLint 8.37.0 with TypeScript, React, React Hooks and Jest configuration
- Stylelint 15.3.0 to analyze CSS/SCSS files
- Jest 29.5.0 to test JavaScript/TypeScript files
- React Testing Library 14.0.0 to test components
- Web Vitals 3.3.0 to measure performance
- Built-in Settings.editorconfig settings to standardize charset, ending of lines and indentation
- VSCode settings with integrated Chrome Debugger, faster search results, and auto-format on save
- Environment files for Local, Test, Development, QA, Staging, and Production
Installation:
To set up the React, MUI, and TypeScript Template, follow these steps:
- Install NodeJs
- Install Git
- Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) and the recommended extensions: DotENV, ESLint, EditorConfig, Icons, MDX, NpmIntellisense, SCSS Formatter, SortLines, Stylelint
- Install React Developer Tools for Google Chrome
Next, to run and debug the application for the first time:
- Open a new VS Code window
- Open a parent folder that will host the project
- Open a new terminal in VS Code
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/equisoide/react-mui-ts-template.git - Install project dependencies:
cd react-mui-ts-template and npm run init (performs a Clean Install) - Restart VS Code to refresh TypeScript Intellisense
- Open the folder where the project was cloned
- Start the application by opening a new terminal and running
npm start - To start debugging in VS Code, press F5 or click on Run and Debug > Green Debug Icon
- You can set breakpoints and inspect components using the React Developer Tools
Summary:
The React, MUI, and TypeScript Template is a helpful starting point for developers who want to create a React Single Page Application. It provides a comprehensive file structure, built-in configurations, and example components to guide project setup. With support for the latest JavaScript/TypeScript features, internationalization, routing, and documentation tools, developers can quickly start building their React applications while maintaining code quality and performance. By following the installation guide, developers can set up the template and begin running and debugging their applications in a seamless manner.