React Markdown

This loader parses markdown files and converts them to a React Stateless Component. It will also parse FrontMatter to import dependencies and render components along with it’s source code.

We developed this loader in order to make the process of creating styleguides for React components easier

Usage

In the FrontMatter you should import the components you want to render with the component name as a key and it's path as the value

---
imports:
  HelloWorld: './hello-world.js',
  '{ Component1, Component2 }': './components.js'
---

webpack.config.js

module: {
  loaders: [
    {
      test: /\.md$/,
      loader: 'babel!react-markdown'
    }
  ]
}

hello-world.js

import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';

/**
 * HelloWorld
 * @param {Object} props React props
 * @returns {JSX} template
 */
export default function HelloWorld(props) {
  return (
    <div className="hello-world">
      Hello { props.who }
    </div>
  );
}

HelloWorld.propTypes = {
  who: PropTypes.string
};

HelloWorld.defaultProps = {
  who: 'World'
};

In the markdown File simply add the render tag to code fenceblocks you want the loader to compile as Components this will output the usual highlighted code and the rendered component.

hello-world.md

---
imports:
  HelloWorld: './hello-world.js'
---
# Hello World

This is an example component

```render html
<HelloWorld />
```

You can send who to say Hello

```render html
<HelloWorld who="World!!!" />
```