# Create React Component folder
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## About
Create React Component folder works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
It creates **React** or **React Native** component folder structure with one command.
There is also support for Typescript, React Native, Less and Sass.
## Quick Overview
```sh
$ npm install --save-dev create-react-component-folder
$ npx crcf myComponent
```
_([npx](https://medium.com/@maybekatz/introducing-npx-an-npm-package-runner-55f7d4bd282b) comes with npm 5.2+ and higher, see [instructions for older npm versions](https://github.com/snaerth/create-react-component-folder/blob/master/docs/npx_instructions.md))_
## Tutorial
[Read the artice on Medium](https://medium.com/@snrseljanroddsson/create-multiple-react-folder-components-in-one-command-1411cd6bd1ce)
## Installation
```sh
$ npm install --save-dev create-react-component-folder
```
## Creating a single component
```sh
$ npx crcf myComponent
$ npx crcf components/myComponent
```
## Output single
## Creating multiple components
```sh
$ npx crcf components/header footer button navigation
```
## Output multiple
## Component folder structure
```sh
myComponent
├── index.js
├── myComponent.js
├── myComponent.css
├── myComponent.test.handlebars
```
### With storybook enabled
```sh
myComponent
├── index.js
├── myComponent.js
├── myComponent.css
├── myComponent.test.handlebars
├── myComponent.stories.js
```
## Setting default config
There is support for setting default config options, so you only have to set you desired config once. This makes creating your components even easier. All you have to do is follow one of these three options.
In your package.json, add a **"crcf"** property key with array of default config options
"stories" is to enable story book component
"spec" to have the file extensions
```sh
"crcf": [
"scss",
"proptypes",
"stories",
"spec"
]
```
Create a rc file named **.crcfrc** in the root of your project and insert a array of default config options in that file
```sh
[
"scss",
"proptypes",
"stories"
]
```
Create a config file named **.crcf.config.js** in the root of your project and insert a array of default config options
```sh
[
"scss",
"proptypes"
"stories"
]
```
So now all you have to do is type **npx crcf componentName** and you will get all your default options when you create a component or multiple components. Here below you can see all the options.
```sh
[
"typescript",
"scss",
"less",
"nocss",
"notest",
"reactnative",
"createindex",
"uppercase",
"jsx",
"proptypes",
"stories",
"nosemi",
"singlequote",
"cssmodules"
"namedexports",
"graphql",
"stylesext",
{
"output": "base/directory/to/place/created/components"
}
]
```
## Creating index.js file for multiple component imports
```sh
$ npx crcf --createindex components/myComponent/
```
## Output in index.js file for multiple component imports
## Publishing templates
If the project you are working on always needs components structured differently, we've got you covered.
Publishing the templates allows you to have finer control over the generated components and content. Published templates use [https://handlebarsjs.com/] to generate the different components.
```sh
$ npx crcf publish-templates
```
The templates will be copied to a directory `.crcf/templates` relative to the directory you ran the script from.
### Modifying templates
Templates are always passed a number of variables to help you generate templates when certain flags / config options have been enabled.
| Variable | Type | Description |
|----------|------|-------------|
| name | string | The generated name of the component |
| typescript | boolean | `true` when `typescript` is enabled |
| native | boolean | `true` when building react native components |
| proptypes | boolean | `true` when `proptypes` is enabled |
| export | boolean | `true` when `namedexports` is enabled |
**Tests and stories** have extra variables (**NOT** available in functional or class component templates)
| Variable | Type | Description |
|----------|------|-------------|
| nameLowercase | string | The generated name of the component in lowercase so it can be interpolated in sentences. |
| uppercase | boolean | `true` when `uppercase` is enabled
## Options
```sh
$ npx crcf create --help
Usage: index [options]
Options:
-V, --version output the version number
--typescript Creates Typescript component and files
--nocss No css file
--notest No test file
--cssmodules Creates css/less/scss file with .module extensions. Example
--reactnative Creates React Native components
--createindex Creates index.js file for multple component imports
--graphql Creates a index.graphql file
--stylesext Creates a Component.styles.(ts|js) file
-f, --functional Creates React stateless functional component
-j, --jsx Creates the component file with .jsx extension
-l, --less Adds .less file to component
-s, --scss Adds .scss file to component
-p, --proptypes Adds prop-types to component
-u, --uppercase Component files start on uppercase letter
-h, --help output usage information
-sb, --stories Add Storie file to component
-ns, --nosemi No semicolons
-sq, --singlequote Formats output files with single quotes
-x, --namedexports Creates files using named exports
```
## Author
- [Snær Seljan Þóroddsson](https://github.com/snaerth)
## License
MIT