Writing a React component for Paragon (Study Group 1-26-2021)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ok2ITast6BAWTt-egRlz8z1NM60hw2LT/view?usp=sharing

Together we will learn how to contribute to Paragon by contributing a new <Skeleton /> component. This will include:

  • Paragon installation and workbench set up.

  • Adding a new component with companion styles

  • Adding new component documentation

  • Adding a basic test

  • Merging, and releasing a new feature version

 

Resources we’ll use

Clone the Paragon repo

https://github.com/edx/paragon

Skeleton styles in Prospectus

@keyframes skeleton-pulse { 0% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.5; } 100% { opacity: 1; } } .skeleton-pulse { animation: skeleton-pulse 2s infinite both; } .skeleton { /* Setting the background-color to important so that we can ensure that all items in the skeleton loading state are consistant */ background-color: $slightly-opaque-black !important; border-radius: $border-radius; border-radius: 4px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1; width: 100%; }

Prop/API Design for our Skeleton Component

<Skeleton.Circle size={100} /> <Skeleton.Rect rounded height={100} width={100} /> <Skeleton.Text count={4} />

Zero-width non-joiner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_non-joiner

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