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@storybook/source-loader
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Storybook source-loader is a webpack loader that annotates Storybook story files with their source code. It powers the storysource and docs addons.
The loader can be customized with the following options:
The parser that will be parsing your code to AST (based on prettier)
Allowed values:
javascript - defaulttypescriptflowBe sure to update the regex test for the webpack rule if utilizing Typescript files.
Usage:
module.exports = function ({ config }) {
config.module.rules.push({
test: /\.stories\.tsx?$/,
use: [
{
loader: require.resolve('@storybook/source-loader'),
options: { parser: 'typescript' },
},
],
enforce: 'pre',
});
return config;
};
The prettier configuration that will be used to format the story source in the addon panel.
Defaults:
{
printWidth: 100,
tabWidth: 2,
bracketSpacing: true,
trailingComma: 'es5',
singleQuote: true,
}
Usage:
module.exports = function ({ config }) {
config.module.rules.push({
test: /\.stories\.jsx?$/,
use: [
{
loader: require.resolve('@storybook/source-loader'),
options: {
prettierConfig: {
printWidth: 100,
singleQuote: false,
},
},
},
],
enforce: 'pre',
});
return config;
};
The array of regex that is used to remove "ugly" comments.
Defaults:
[/^eslint-.*/, /^global.*/];
Usage:
module.exports = function ({ config }) {
config.module.rules.push({
test: /\.stories\.jsx?$/,
use: [
{
loader: require.resolve('@storybook/source-loader'),
options: {
uglyCommentsRegex: [/^eslint-.*/, /^global.*/],
},
},
],
enforce: 'pre',
});
return config;
};
Tell storysource whether you need inject decorator. If false, you need to add the decorator by yourself;
Defaults: true
Usage:
module.exports = function ({ config }) {
config.module.rules.push({
test: /\.stories\.jsx?$/,
use: [
{
loader: require.resolve('@storybook/source-loader'),
options: { injectDecorator: false },
},
],
enforce: 'pre',
});
return config;
};
The raw-loader package is similar to @storybook/source-loader in that it allows you to import files as a string. However, it is not specific to Storybook and does not have the capability to integrate with Storybook's UI to display source code alongside component stories.
While not a webpack loader, highlight.js is a syntax highlighter that can be used to display source code in a formatted way on web pages. It is similar to @storybook/source-loader in that it helps with displaying readable source code, but it does not have the Storybook integration for loading story sources automatically.
The storybook-addon-code package is an addon for Storybook that allows you to show code samples in your stories. It is similar to @storybook/source-loader in its purpose of displaying source code for documentation, but it works as an addon that you can configure within Storybook rather than a webpack loader.
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Source loader
The npm package @storybook/source-loader receives a total of 486,161 weekly downloads. As such, @storybook/source-loader popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @storybook/source-loader demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 12 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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