React is a great frontend library or framework you may call it is a fast and powerful library to build the frontend of the website. If you are using react than you can use react libraries in your project.
Today I am going to tell you the best react libraries to use in your project. These libraries would help you in routing, getting UI components, icons, animation, state management, fetching data and more.
So if you want to know about these libraries read till the end.
Best react libraries to use
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React is small compact library it is not as big as angular but you can get the missing functionality with these libraries which are developed by react developers and you can easily install these with npm in your project.
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React Router Dom
React router dom is a routing library for react application it enables routing for your application. You need to have these library if you want to have different screens in your app. It is very easy to setup and use.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install react-router-dom
Redux
Redux is a state management library you can use redux for angular or vue or react. In react you need to manage the state of the application which you can do with react hooks like useState or context api.
But if you have a large project than it will be difficult for a developer to manage the state with react hooks so this is where redux comes you can do state management with redux in a organised form it is little hard to use for beginners but after couple of bumps you will be comfortable with it.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install redux
React Icons
For any application you need icons to make your app look interactive and beautiful and you have to find icons, download it and bring it into your project but with react icons library after you install these library you can import and use any icon you want from these library.
There are many icons in these library which you can use. You can change the color, size, border etc of the icons. you just need to go this website react icons and search for the icon you want and click the icon and paste it in to your code
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install react-icons
Axios
Axios is a javascript library which can be used for angular or react. It is used for sending requests to your api. You can use the javascript fetch but with axios you don’t have to write a lot of code it is simple and fast.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install axios
Material UI
Material ui is a ui library for react it gives UI components which you can directly use in your project. You can develop react component faster and easier with material ui. With material ui you can complete your frontend design fast.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install material-ui/core
React Motion
React motion is a animation react library with react motion you can easily create and implement realistic animations which improves your website interactiveness and UI. I use these library for almost every project for animations. If you want some cool animations than install these library.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install react-motion
React Hook Form
React hook form is a tiny react library without any dependency. You can easily do form validation and hold the data with these library. It minimizes the number of re-renders in a react application which provides faster mounting which gives better user experience.
To install it in your project type this in your terminal npm install react-hook-form
Summary
So these were all the best react libraries to use in your project there are many other libraries you can use but these are the best and most used libraries and you will also be mostly using these libraries.
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