React Boilerplate VS Code Extension

Automatically generate React component boilerplates in VS Code the moment you create a .jsx file. Boost your React development speed and reduce repetitive code writing.

🚀 Key Features

• Instant creation of functional React components named after your file.
• Full support for .jsx files, ready for modern React projects.
• Lightweight, fast, and reliable extension.
• Safe insertion—won't overwrite existing code in your files.
• Ideal for React developers, front-end engineers, and VS Code users.

Example Usage

Creating a file MyComponent.jsx automatically generates:

import React from 'react';

const MyComponent = () => {
    return (
        <div>MyComponent</div>
    )
}

export default MyComponent;

🛠 Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository or download the .vsix package:

git clone https://github.com/thinakaranmanokaran/React_Boilerplate.git

2. Open VS Code and press F5 to run the extension in the Extension Development Host.
3. Alternatively, install the .vsix file via Extensions -> Install from VSIX....

⚙ How to Use

1. Open the Extension Development Host.
2. Create a new .jsx file.
3. Watch as the React boilerplate is automatically inserted—ready for coding.

📦 Project Structure

react-boilerplate/
│
├─ src/
│   └─ extension.js          # Core extension code
├─ test/                     # Optional tests
├─ package.json              # VS Code extension manifest
├─ README.md                 # Project documentation
└─ node_modules/             # Dependencies

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• VS Code React extension
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👨‍💻 Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature-name
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature-name
5. Open a pull request.

📄 License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Thinakaran Manokaran

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

✍️ Author

Thinakaran Manokaran - https://www.thinakaran.dev