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NPM Publish Boilerplate

All you need to know for publishing a React or any JavaScript component/hook to NPM registry.

If you want to test this package, run

 npm i my-cool-package-name

Steps:

1. Clone this Repo.

2. Modify /src folder or overwrite index.js according to your package's need.

3. Install all Dependencies by running:

npm install

4. Build it by running:

npm run build

5. Login into to your NPM account using terminal/cmd.

6. Publish it

npm publish

Src Code Snippets

What is actually published: A basic example

/src/index.js

In Index.js just add prop type others are exactly same.

import React from 'react'
import PropTypes from "prop-types"

function MyPackage(props) {
  return (
      <div>
          <h3>Hello {props.name}</h3>
          <p>I hope this helped you :)</p>       
      </div>
  )
}

MyPackage.propTypes = {
    name: PropTypes.string
};

export default MyPackage

package.json

In package.json file, we changed the "main" and webpack build script.

{
 "name": "my-cool-package-name",
 "version": "1.0.0",
 "description": "A demo for publishing cool packages to npm registry",
 "main": "./build/index.js",
 "scripts": {
   "build": "webpack"
 },
 "repository": {
   "type": "git",
   "url": "git+https://github.com/rohitsaini1196/npm-publish-boilerplate.git"
 },
 "keywords": [
   "npm",
   "publish",
   "reactjs",
   "es6",
   "package"
 ],
 "author": "Rohit Saini",
 "license": "ISC",
 "devDependencies": {
   "@babel/core": "^7.7.5",
   "@babel/preset-env": "^7.7.6",
   "@babel/preset-react": "^7.7.4",
   "babel-loader": "^8.0.6",
   "css-loader": "^3.3.0",
   "style-loader": "^1.0.1",
   "webpack": "^4.41.2",
   "webpack-cli": "^3.3.10"
 },
 "dependencies": {
   "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
   "react": "^16.12.0"
 },
 "bugs": {
   "url": "https://github.com/rohitsaini1196/npm-publish-boilerplate/issues"
 },
 "homepage": "https://github.com/rohitsaini1196/npm-publish-boilerplate#readme"
}

Ask me if you have any doubt.

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Rohit Saini