Storybook

Storybook  is an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation. It allows developers to create and showcase UI components outside their application context, making it easier to develop and test individual components without worrying about the surrounding infrastructure or state. Storybook runs alongside your app in development mode and provides a sandbox to build UI components independently, visualize states, and interactively develop and test UI components.

You can access our Storybook for the UI Kit live here .

To start Storybook locally, run the following command:

pnpm run dev --filter @akinon/storybook

This command starts the Storybook server at http://localhost:4501 .

Advantages

Storybook offers several benefits that enhance the UI development process:

• Component Isolation: Develop components in isolation, which simplifies debugging and testing by removing external dependencies and minimizing side effects.

• Live Previews: Instantly visualize and interact with your components in various states while you code, improving both speed and accuracy of development.

• Documentation: Automatically generate living documentation for your components, which serves as a handy reference for teams and can help onboard new developers.

• Consistency: Promote UI consistency by serving as a single source of truth for component behavior and appearance.

Further Reading

To dive deeper into Storybook and learn more about its features and capabilities, check out the following resources:

• Official Storybook Documentation 
• Learn Storybook Tutorial 
• Storybook Blog 
• Integrating Storybook in Large Codebases