Packages needed in a React application

Packages needed in React Apps:

1. For Ajax calls:

axios

Command: npm install --save axios

2. For Routing:

react-router, react-router-dom

Command: npm install --save react-router react-router-dom

3. For managing state centrally:

redux

Commmand: npm install --save redux react-redux

4. For Redux Dev Tools:

install redux-devtool from Chrome Webstore

import { createStore, combineReducers, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';

const logger = store => {
return next => {
return action => {
console.log('[Middleware] Dispatching', action);
const result = next(action);
console.log('[Middleware] next state', store.getState());
return result;
}
}
};

const composeEnhancers = window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__ || compose;

const store = createStore(rootReducer, composeEnhancers(applyMiddleware(logger)));

4. Middleware for Redux (for making asyncrhonous calls):

thunk

npm install --save redux-thunk

5. Persistant Session

localStorage  - built in to javascript

6. Testing Tools

Jest - which should be already installed

npm install --save enzyme react-test-renderer enzyme-adapter-react-16

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