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JavaScript React Basics Thinking in Components React Developer Tools

Posted by Max Bardus
Max Bardus
902 Points

Using React Developer Tools vs Storybook

Is it possible to use Storybook instead of React Developer Tools?

2 Answers

Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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I'm not super familiar with Storybook, so maybe I'm missing something, but from what I'm seeing, it's not something you could necessarily use instead of the other.

Storybook is a development environment and UI component explorer, you can think of it like a sandbox where you develop and document components one at a time.

React Developer Tools is a browser extension that is more for debugging your live app, especially how components interact in the full application.

This is a simple comparison, I'm sure there's more to it than that, but in general, I think they serve different purposes.

Max Bardus
Max Bardus
902 Points
Max Bardus
Max Bardus
902 Points

I see. Thank you!