react-live

What is react-live?

react-live is a React component that enables you to render live, editable code samples in your application. It provides a live code editor and preview, making it ideal for documentation, tutorials, and interactive coding environments.

What are react-live's main functionalities?

Live Code Editing

This feature allows users to edit code in a live editor and see the results immediately. The LiveProvider component wraps the code, and LiveEditor, LiveError, and LivePreview components handle the editing, error display, and preview respectively.

import { LiveProvider, LiveEditor, LiveError, LivePreview } from 'react-live';

const code = `<strong>Hello World!</strong>`;

function App() {
  return (
    <LiveProvider code={code}>
      <LiveEditor />
      <LiveError />
      <LivePreview />
    </LiveProvider>
  );
}

export default App;

Custom Scope

This feature allows you to provide custom components and variables to the live code editor. By passing a scope object to the LiveProvider, you can use external components and libraries in the live code.

import { LiveProvider, LiveEditor, LiveError, LivePreview } from 'react-live';
import { Button } from 'my-ui-library';

const code = `<Button>Click me</Button>`;

const scope = { Button };

function App() {
  return (
    <LiveProvider code={code} scope={scope}>
      <LiveEditor />
      <LiveError />
      <LivePreview />
    </LiveProvider>
  );
}

export default App;

Theming

This feature allows you to apply custom themes to the live code editor. By passing a theme object to the LiveProvider, you can style the code editor to match your application's design.

import { LiveProvider, LiveEditor, LiveError, LivePreview } from 'react-live';
import { dracula } from 'react-syntax-highlighter/dist/esm/styles/prism';

const code = `<strong>Hello World!</strong>`;

function App() {
  return (
    <LiveProvider code={code} theme={dracula}>
      <LiveEditor />
      <LiveError />
      <LivePreview />
    </LiveProvider>
  );
}

export default App;

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