CoursesStencil AdvancedModule 4: Theme Customization

Lab Activity: Add React Components with NPM

Plan: Stencil Developer

 Lesson 17 of 28 · 45 min

In this lab activity, we’ll be making a drawer that sends a coupon code to the customer’s email using Material UI’s React framework.

Objectives

  • Add npm package to the theme
  • Install React to npm packages
  • Update webpack.common.js
  • Create components
  • Import dependencies
  • Add the coupondrawer div to base.html
  • View finished product

Prerequisites

  • Stencil CLI installed
  • BigCommerce store
  • Cornerstone Stencil theme with npm installed
  • Knowledge of HTML and JavaScript

Adding npm Packages to a Theme

Stencil’s architecture allows for organized customization using npm and React. In production, you can use these tools for stylizing seasonally themed products, temporary promotions, or event tickets. Below is a short tutorial on using npm and React to customize your Stencil theme.

The resulting customization will look like the following:

Adding npm packages to a theme

You should have most of the following already setup. Use the steps to verify as you go through this activity.

Installing React to npm packages

To build this customization, complete the instructions in the following sections.

Install dependencies

For this activity, we’ll be using packages from MUI Core. These components require certain modules.

Navigate into the root Cornerstone theme folder, then install the following npm packages.

# navigate into theme dir
cd ~/path/to/theme/dir
# install dependencies
npm install --save-dev @material-ui/core react react-dom babel-plugin-transform-object-assign @babel/preset-react

Update webpack.common.js

Update webpack.common.js with the new presets and plugins.

...
plugins: [
  ...
   'transform-object-assign',
 ],
...
presets: [
    ['@babel/preset-env', {
        ...
    }], '@babel/react',
  ],

Create components

In the following steps, we’ll be adding React components to assemble our coupon drawer.

  1. Navigate to the ./assets/js folder
  2. Create a /components folder within the /js folder
  3. Navigate into the /components folder
  4. Create a CouponDrawer.js file
  5. Copy the following code into the file:
import React from 'react';
import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import Drawer from '@material-ui/core/Drawer';
import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
import List from '@material-ui/core/List';
import Divider from '@material-ui/core/Divider';
import ListItem from '@material-ui/core/ListItem';
import ListItemText from '@material-ui/core/ListItemText';
import VerticalStepper from './VerticalStepper';
export default function CouponDrawer() {
  const [state, setState] = React.useState({
    right: false,
  });
  const toggleDrawer = (side, open) => event => {
    if (event.type === 'keydown' && (event.key === 'Tab' || event.key === 'Shift')) {
      return;
    }
    setState({ ...state, [side]: open });
  };
  return (
    <div>
      <Button color="secondary" variant="contained" onClick={toggleDrawer('right', true)}>Click Here For A Coupon</Button>
      <Drawer anchor="right" open={state.right} onClose={toggleDrawer('right', false)}>
        <VerticalStepper />
      </Drawer>
    </div>
  );
}
  1. In the same /components folder, create a VerticalStepper.js file
  2. Copy the following code into the file:
import React from 'react';
import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import Stepper from '@material-ui/core/Stepper';
import Step from '@material-ui/core/Step';
import StepLabel from '@material-ui/core/StepLabel';
import StepContent from '@material-ui/core/StepContent';
import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
import TextField from './TextField';
const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
  root: {
    width: '100%',
  },
  button: {
    marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
    marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
  },
  actionsContainer: {
    marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
  },
  resetContainer: {
    padding: theme.spacing(3),
  },
}));
function getSteps() {
  return ['Provide your email', 'Receive your coupon!'];
}
function getStepContent(step) {
  switch (step) {
    case 0:
      return `Please enter your email address:`;
    case 1:
      return `We have sent a coupon code to your email address.`;
    default:
      return `Unknown step`;
  }
}
export default function VerticalLinearStepper() {
  const classes = useStyles();
  const [activeStep, setActiveStep] = React.useState(0);
  const steps = getSteps();
  const handleNext = () => {
    setActiveStep(prevActiveStep => prevActiveStep + 1);
  };
  return (
    <div className={classes.root}>
      <Stepper activeStep={activeStep} orientation="vertical">
        {steps.map((label, index) => (
          <Step key={label}>
            <StepLabel>{label}</StepLabel>
            <StepContent>
              <Typography>{getStepContent(index)}</Typography>
              {activeStep === 0 ? <TextField /> : null}
              <div className={classes.actionsContainer}>
                {activeStep === 0 && (
                  <div>
                    <Button
                      variant="contained"
                      color="primary"
                      onClick={handleNext}
                      className={classes.button}
                    >
                      Submit
                    </Button>
                  </div>
                )}
              </div>
            </StepContent>
          </Step>
        ))}
      </Stepper>
    </div>
  );
}
  1. In the same /components folder, create a TextField.js file
  2. Copy the following code into the file:
import React from 'react';
import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';
const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
  root: {
    '& > *': {
      margin: theme.spacing(1),
      width: 200,
    },
  },
}));
export default function BasicTextFields() {
  const classes = useStyles();
  return (
    <form className={classes.root} noValidate autoComplete="off">
      <TextField id="standard-basic" label="you@example.com" />
    </form>
  );
}

Import Dependencies

  1. Import the React dependencies and the new CouponDrawer component we’ve created into assets/js/app.js:
__webpack_public_path__ = window.__webpack_public_path__; // eslint-disable-line
import Global from './theme/global';
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import CouponDrawer from './components/CouponDrawer';
  1. At the bottom of the file, render the CouponDrawer component and** assign** it an id
ReactDOM.render(<CouponDrawer />, document.querySelector('#coupondrawer'));

Add the CouponDrawer div to base.html

  1. Navigate to templates/layout/base.html
  2. Add a new div element with our new id inside the body
<body>
  ...
  <div id="coupondrawer"></div>
  {{> components/common/header }}
  {{> components/common/body }}
  {{> components/common/footer }}
  <script>window.__webpack_public_path__ = "{{cdn 'assets/dist/'}}";</script>
  <script src="{{cdn 'assets/dist/theme-bundle.main.js'}}"></script>
  <script>
      {{!-- Exported in app.js --}}
      window.stencilBootstrap("{{page_type}}", {{jsContext}}).load();
  </script>
  {{{footer.scripts}}}
</body>

Final Product

  1. View the finished product using the Stencil CLI command stencil start in the Cornerstone theme directory
# move into theme dir
cd ~/path/to/theme/dir
# Preview store using Browsersync
stencil start
  1. Open your browser and navigate to localhost:3000 to view your local storefront

Note: This coupon drawer example does not send coupon codes to the emails entered. This is only an example to show how to customize your storefront theme.