Reactmos (REACT MOduleS)

Reactmos is a small project, primarily a conceptual approach, inspired by Nuxt Layers for React.

Note

This project is a Work In Progress and currently supports only Single Page Applications (SPA).

CLI

We provide a CLI to help run the development server and build the final bundle.

Reactmos

Reactmos serves as the core of the application and acts as the entry point for Vite.

Modules

This is where you will develop your application and extend other modules.

To create a new module, simply run:

pnpm create reactmos <module-name>

Configuration

See more in packages/cli/src/types.ts

const moduleConfig: ModuleConfig = {
  moduleName: 'module-boilerplate',
  /**
   * Root component of the application.
   * If not provided, Reactmos will use the root component
   * from the first extended module that defines one.
   * If no extended module provides a root component,
   * the default from the entry point will be used.
   */
  root: App,
  routes: () => {
    return [
      {
        path: '/welcome',
        Component: Welcome,
      },
    ];
  },
  hooks: {
    'app:beforeRender': () => {
      console.log('Before render')
    }
  }
}

Extending Modules

To extend another module, just add its package name to the extends field in module.config.ts:

export default {
  extends: ['module-to-extend']
}

You can also use relative path to other module directory

export default {
  extends: ['../module-to-extend']
}

Lifecycle Hooks

Reactmos provides several lifecycle hooks:

1. app:afterBoot - Called after the CLI registers all module routes and hooks. Used by the entry point to mount the application.
2. app:init - Called before the entry point retrieves App.tsx, which serves as the root of the application.
3. app:beforeRender - Called after App.tsx is retrieved but before calling render from createRoot.
4. app:afterRender - Called after createRoot executes render.

You can use app:afterBoot to create new hooks within your application:

import { hooks } from 'reactmos';

// Register a new hook called 'hello'
hooks.hook('hello', () => {
  console.log('Hello, World!');
});

// Call the 'hello' hook
hooks.callHook('hello');

For more details, see hookable.

Components

Reactmos provides a <Pages /> component that represents all registered routes. You can use it in your App.tsx root component.

Utility Functions

Reactmos also provides the following functions:

1. getRoutes - Retrieves all registered routes.
2. getRoot - Returns the App.tsx root component.
3. getExtras(moduleName) - Returns extra configuration in module configs

Roadmap

• Support for extending routes/pages
• Support for extending the public directory
• Additional extension capabilities?