What is react-inspector?
The react-inspector npm package provides a set of development tools for inspecting React component hierarchies in the Chrome Developer Tools. It allows developers to view the current state and props of the components, and also provides a tree view to navigate through the component hierarchy. It is similar to the React Developer Tools extension but can be embedded directly into a React application.
What are react-inspector's main functionalities?
Object Inspector
The Object Inspector allows you to render an interactive tree view of a JavaScript object. It is useful for displaying objects in a more readable format within your React application.
{"<ObjectInspector data={{ a: 1, b: 'string', c: true, d: { nested: 'object' } }} />"}
Table Inspector
The Table Inspector provides a tabular view of arrays or objects. It is particularly useful for displaying a collection of objects in a table format, with sorting capabilities.
{"<TableInspector data={[{ id: 1, name: 'John Doe' }, { id: 2, name: 'Jane Doe' }]} />"}
DOM Inspector
The DOM Inspector is used to inspect and display the DOM tree of an HTML element. It can be used to explore the structure of a web page within a React component.
{"<DOMInspector data={document.body} />"}
Other packages similar to react-inspector
mobx-react-devtools
This package provides tools for debugging MobX React applications. It includes features like observing component updates and rendering performance. While it is specific to MobX, it offers similar inspection capabilities for state and component hierarchies as react-inspector.
why-did-you-render
This package helps track unnecessary re-renders in React applications. It notifies you about potentially avoidable re-renders, which can be useful for performance optimization. It complements react-inspector's functionality by focusing on render performance rather than state and prop inspection.
react-json-view
react-json-view is a package for displaying and editing JSON in a readable format. It provides a similar object inspection functionality as react-inspector but with additional features like editing and copying JSON data.