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Quick and dirty code splitting with React Router v4
// getComponent is a function that returns a promise for a component
// It will not be called until the first mount
function asyncComponent(getComponent) {
return class AsyncComponent extends React.Component {
static Component = null;
state = { Component: AsyncComponent.Component };
componentWillMount() {
if (!this.state.Component) {
getComponent().then(Component => {
AsyncComponent.Component = Component
this.setState({ Component })
})
}
}
render() {
const { Component } = this.state
if (Component) {
return <Component {...this.props} />
}
return null
}
}
}
const Foo = asyncComponent(() =>
System.import('./Foo').then(module => module.default)
)
const Bar = asyncComponent(() =>
System.import('./Bar').then(module => module.default)
)
const App = () =>
<BrowserRouter>
<Link to="/foo">Foo</Link>
<Link to="/bar">Bar</Link>
<Match pattern="/foo" component={Foo} />
<Match pattern="/bar" component={Bar} />
</BrowserRouter>
export default App
@BertieGo
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so dirty and so good, bro

@lynda0214
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Thank you for this brilliant code. I've been using this code very usefully.

Since System.import is deprecated, you have to use import.

Additionally, rather than doing module => module.default for every routes, you can remove some unnecessary codes by doing ({default: Component}) => ... in componentWillMount

Full Code:

function asyncComponent(getComponent) {
  return class AsyncComponent extends React.Component {
    static Component = null;
    state = { Component: AsyncComponent.Component };

    componentWillMount() {
      if (!this.state.Component) {
        getComponent().then(({default: Component}) => {
          AsyncComponent.Component = Component
          this.setState({ Component })
        })
      }
    }
    render() {
      const { Component } = this.state
      if (Component) {
        return <Component {...this.props} />
      }
      return null
    }
  }
}

const Foo = asyncComponent(() => import('./Foo'))
const Bar = asyncComponent(() => import('./Bar'))

Can't figure out why .default is needed

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