Introduction
React is an open source JavaScript library for building user interfaces in WEB and mobile applications. Currently, React is at version 17 and Meta (formerly Facebook) is the main maintainer of the project.
Material UI is a CSS framework with foundational and advanced components, enabling you to develop applications faster.
Prerequisites
Before you start, you need to install and configure the tools:
- git
- Node.js and npm
- IDE (e.g. Visual Studio Code or WebStorm)
Getting started
Create the React application
1. Let's create the application with the React base structure using the create-react-app tool.
npx create-react-app react-mui --template typescript
Creating a new React app in /home/rodrigokamada/Development/React/react-mui.
Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template-typescript...
added 1369 packages in 32s
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run `npm fund` for details
Initialized a git repository.
Installing template dependencies using npm...
npm WARN deprecated source-map-resolve@0.6.0: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-resolve#deprecated
added 38 packages, and changed 1 package in 3s
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run `npm fund` for details
We detected TypeScript in your project (src/App.test.tsx) and created a tsconfig.json file for you.
Your tsconfig.json has been populated with default values.
Removing template package using npm...
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8 moderate severity vulnerabilities
To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:
npm audit fix --force
Run `npm audit` for details.
Created git commit.
Success! Created react-mui at /home/rodrigokamada/Development/React/react-mui
Inside that directory, you can run several commands:
npm start
Starts the development server.
npm run build
Bundles the app into static files for production.
npm test
Starts the test runner.
npm run eject
Removes this tool and copies build dependencies, configuration files
and scripts into the app directory. If you do this, you can’t go back!
We suggest that you begin by typing:
cd react-mui
npm start
Happy hacking!
2. Install the @mui/material, @mui/icons-material, @mui/lab, @emotion/react, @emotion/styled and @types/date-fns libraries.
npm install @mui/material @mui/icons-material @mui/lab @emotion/react @emotion/styled @types/date-fns
3. Remove the contents of the src/App.tsx file. Add some components as below.
import React from 'react';
import AppBar from '@mui/material/AppBar';
import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar';
import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
import Container from '@mui/material/Container';
import FormControlLabel from '@mui/material/FormControlLabel';
import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
import Menu from '@mui/material/Menu';
import MenuIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Menu';
import MenuItem from '@mui/material/MenuItem';
import Modal from '@mui/material/Modal';
import Switch from '@mui/material/Switch';
import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
import Toolbar from '@mui/material/Toolbar';
import Tooltip from '@mui/material/Tooltip';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import AdapterDateFns from '@mui/lab/AdapterDateFns';
import DatePicker from '@mui/lab/DatePicker';
import LocalizationProvider from '@mui/lab/LocalizationProvider';
import './App.css';
const pages = ['Products', 'Pricing', 'Blog'];
const settings = ['Profile', 'Account', 'Dashboard', 'Logout'];
const modalStyle = {
position: 'absolute' as 'absolute',
top: '50%',
left: '50%',
transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
width: 400,
bgcolor: 'background.paper',
border: '2px solid #000',
boxShadow: 24,
p: 4,
};
function App() {
const [anchorElNav, setAnchorElNav] = React.useState<null | HTMLElement>(null);
const [anchorElUser, setAnchorElUser] = React.useState<null | HTMLElement>(null);
const handleOpenNavMenu = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
setAnchorElNav(event.currentTarget);
};
const handleOpenUserMenu = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
setAnchorElUser(event.currentTarget);
};
const handleCloseNavMenu = () => {
setAnchorElNav(null);
};
const handleCloseUserMenu = () => {
setAnchorElUser(null);
};
const [value, setValue] = React.useState<Date | null>(null);
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
const handleOpen = () => setOpen(true);
const handleClose = () => setOpen(false);
return (
<Container maxWidth="xl" sx={{ p: '0px !important' }}>
<AppBar position="static">
<Container maxWidth="xl">
<Toolbar disableGutters>
<Typography
variant="h6"
noWrap
component="div"
sx={{ mr: 2, display: { xs: 'none', md: 'flex' } }}
>
React Material UI
</Typography>
<Box sx={{ flexGrow: 1, display: { xs: 'flex', md: 'none' } }}>
<IconButton
size="large"
aria-label="account of current user"
aria-controls="menu-appbar"
aria-haspopup="true"
onClick={handleOpenNavMenu}
color="inherit"
>
<MenuIcon />
</IconButton>
<Menu
id="menu-appbar"
anchorEl={anchorElNav}
anchorOrigin={{
vertical: 'bottom',
horizontal: 'left',
}}
keepMounted
transformOrigin={{
vertical: 'top',
horizontal: 'left',
}}
open={Boolean(anchorElNav)}
onClose={handleCloseNavMenu}
sx={{
display: { xs: 'block', md: 'none' },
}}
>
{pages.map((page) => (
<MenuItem key={page} onClick={handleCloseNavMenu}>
<Typography textAlign="center">{page}</Typography>
</MenuItem>
))}
</Menu>
</Box>
<Typography
variant="h6"
noWrap
component="div"
sx={{ flexGrow: 1, display: { xs: 'flex', md: 'none' } }}
>
React Material UI
</Typography>
<Box sx={{ flexGrow: 1, display: { xs: 'none', md: 'flex' } }}>
{pages.map((page) => (
<Button
key={page}
onClick={handleCloseNavMenu}
sx={{ my: 2, color: 'white', display: 'block' }}
>
{page}
</Button>
))}
</Box>
<Box sx={{ flexGrow: 0 }}>
<Tooltip title="Open settings">
<IconButton onClick={handleOpenUserMenu} sx={{ p: 0 }}>
<Avatar alt="Remy Sharp" src="/static/images/avatar/2.jpg" />
</IconButton>
</Tooltip>
<Menu
sx={{ mt: '45px' }}
id="menu-appbar"
anchorEl={anchorElUser}
anchorOrigin={{
vertical: 'top',
horizontal: 'right',
}}
keepMounted
transformOrigin={{
vertical: 'top',
horizontal: 'right',
}}
open={Boolean(anchorElUser)}
onClose={handleCloseUserMenu}
>
{settings.map((setting) => (
<MenuItem key={setting} onClick={handleCloseUserMenu}>
<Typography textAlign="center">{setting}</Typography>
</MenuItem>
))}
</Menu>
</Box>
</Toolbar>
</Container>
</AppBar>
<Box
component="form"
sx={{
mt: 3,
'& .MuiTextField-root': { my: 1, width: '100%' },
}}
noValidate
autoComplete="off"
>
<Container maxWidth="xl">
<div>
<TextField id="exampleInput" label="Example input" variant="outlined" />
</div>
<div>
<TextField id="exampleTextarea" label="Example textarea" multiline rows={4} />
</div>
<div>
<FormControlLabel control={<Switch defaultChecked />} label="Example switch" />
</div>
<div>
<LocalizationProvider dateAdapter={AdapterDateFns}>
<DatePicker
label="Example date"
value={value}
onChange={(newValue: any) => {
setValue(newValue);
}}
renderInput={(params: any) => <TextField {...params} />}
/>
</LocalizationProvider>
</div>
<div>
<Button variant="contained" onClick={handleOpen}>Open modal</Button>
<Modal
open={open}
onClose={handleClose}
aria-labelledby="modal-modal-title"
aria-describedby="modal-modal-description"
>
<Box sx={modalStyle}>
<Typography id="modal-modal-title" variant="h6" component="h2">
Text in a modal
</Typography>
<Typography id="modal-modal-description" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula.
</Typography>
<Button variant="contained" onClick={handleClose} sx={{ mt: 2 }}>Close modal</Button>
</Box>
</Modal>
</div>
</Container>
</Box>
</Container>
);
}
export default App;
4. Run the application with the command below.
npm start
Compiled successfully!
You can now view react-mui in the browser.
http://localhost:3000/react-mui
Note that the development build is not optimized.
To create a production build, use npm run build.
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webpack 5.69.1 compiled successfully in 7201 ms
5. Ready! Access the URL http://localhost:300/react-mui and check if the application is working. See the application working on GitHub Pages and Stackblitz.
The application repository is available at https://github.com/rodrigokamada/react-mui.
This tutorial was posted on my blog in portuguese.
Oldest comments (2)
Material is such a nice framework.
Yes, it's very useful.