babel-plugin-react-display-name

What is babel-plugin-react-display-name?

The babel-plugin-react-display-name package is a Babel plugin that automatically adds displayName properties to React components. This is particularly useful for debugging purposes, as it allows React components to be more easily identified in the React Developer Tools.

What are babel-plugin-react-display-name's main functionalities?

Automatic displayName addition

This feature automatically adds a displayName property to React components, making them easier to identify in debugging tools. The code sample shows a simple React component before and after the Babel transformation.

/* Babel configuration file (e.g., .babelrc) */
{
  "plugins": [
    "babel-plugin-react-display-name"
  ]
}

/* React component file */
import React from 'react';

const MyComponent = () => {
  return <div>Hello, World!</div>;
};

export default MyComponent;

/* After Babel transformation */
import React from 'react';

const MyComponent = () => {
  return <div>Hello, World!</div>;
};

MyComponent.displayName = 'MyComponent';

export default MyComponent;

Other packages similar to babel-plugin-react-display-name

babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name

The babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name package is another Babel plugin that adds displayName properties to React components. It serves a similar purpose to babel-plugin-react-display-name, helping with debugging by making component names visible in React Developer Tools.

react-display-name

The react-display-name package is a utility that extracts the displayName of a React component. Unlike babel-plugin-react-display-name, it does not automatically add displayName properties but can be used to retrieve the displayName for various purposes.

README

babel-plugin-react-display-name

Add displayName to React.createClass calls

Installation

$ npm install babel-plugin-react-display-name

Usage

Via .babelrc (Recommended)

.babelrc

{
  "plugins": ["react-display-name"]
}

Via CLI

$ babel --plugins react-display-name script.js

Via Node API

require("babel-core").transform("code", {
  plugins: ["react-display-name"]
});