[Demo] Improve learning experience by keeping component names in React DevTools #6457
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Problem
Create-React-App uses the TerserPlugin to minimize the production build. One side effect is that it removes the React component names, which makes a poor learning experience in our demos since the React DevTools show all components as "Anonymous":
Solution
Override the Webpack TerserPlugin configuration to disable name mangling.
While this change increases the build size a bit (about +35kB), we don't really care as our demos are intended for learning.
Bonus: I enabled the React Profiler in production mode, too.
These changes have already been pushed to the demos: