Overview

The Eleventy Plugin for React brings together the best of both worlds by allowing developers to leverage React’s intuitive templating capabilities while using Eleventy, a highly performant static site generator. This experimental plugin aims to streamline the development process by ensuring that both static and interactive content can be generated through a unified toolset, thus eliminating the need for context-switching between different technologies for markup. By integrating React into Eleventy, developers can create lightweight, flexible projects that provide a seamless experience for both developers and end-users.

This plugin enables the automatic compilation of component files and server-side rendering of pages, ensuring minimal code is shipped to clients. It takes advantage of Eleventy’s performance-oriented design, offering user-friendly defaults while allowing developers to opt-in for more complex features like partial hydration. The combination promises to enhance productivity and performance in web development.

Features

• Seamless Integration: Combines Eleventy’s lightweight structure with React’s templating language, allowing a smooth development experience.

• Automatic Compilation: Automatically compiles .js and .jsx files using Babel, streamlining the build process for developers.

• Server-Side Rendering: Facilitates server-side rendering of pages, ensuring content is delivered efficiently to the user.

• Customizable Babel Configuration: Offers the ability to customize Babel through the babelConfig option for tailored compilation settings.

• Flexible Browser Targets: The targets option allows developers to specify browser targets for hydration, enhancing compatibility across different environments.

• Adjustable File Extensions: The exts option lets developers define which file extensions to include, providing flexibility in project structure.

• Performance-Oriented Defaults: Prioritizes performant loading and interactivity while minimizing the burden on developers.

• Post-Processing Capabilities: Integrates with React Helmet for easy manipulation of the document head, enhancing SEO and user experience.