SVG in React: How to Automate Adding New Icons
summary
Kirill Kovalyov from Centra explains how to automate adding new SVG icons into a React app using @svgr and Node.js scripts, covering the workflow from obtaining SVG files to integrating them into the project. He also compares alternative approaches such as icon fonts (e.g., Font Awesome), SVG sprites, and CSS-background icons.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:53Icon role in UI
- 3:37Icon problems in library
- 7:10Current icon addition process
- 9:20Automation tasks
- 10:23Solution plan
- 11:29Alternative solutions
- 14:20Custom icon approach
- 15:03New icon addition process
- 16:27Icon type generation
- 17:32Async loading implementation
- 18:55Icon loading hook
- 20:25Icon component render
- 22:09Script-based icon build
- 23:36Size optimization results
- 24:41Practical usage
- 25:43Icon color and styling
- 27:07Component testing
- 28:12Outcomes and benefits
- 29:56Conclusion
- 30:18Q&A
