you don't need this librray any more read more: https://github.com/jaredpalmer/after.js/releases/tag/v3.0.0
The Problem with After.js
If you ever tried to build an Server Side Renderd App with After.js you well notice that when you code spilit your components, After.js only send the main css and js files then in client side in ensureReady method tries to fetch javascript and css files. it's too slow (even Google PageSpeed Insights warns about it)
After.js Assets solves problem by adding a plugin to razzle and call a fucntion in custom Document file
First Install afterjs-assets:
yarn add afterjs-assetsthen create a razzle.config.js file in root of project (next to the package.json) and put this content inside it:
// razzle.config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: ["manifest"],
}this will load razzle-plugin-manifest, this plugin will generate manifest.json file next to the server.js file in build folder. (we will use this file in next steps).
checkout it's repo for more options and configuration.
Add name and chunkName to routes
// ./src/routes.js
import React from "react"
import Home from "./Home"
import { asyncComponent } from "@jaredpalmer/after"
export default [
// normal route
{
name: "HomePage", // pick a random name
path: "/",
exact: true,
component: Home,
},
// codesplit route
{
name: "AboutUs", // pick a random name
path: "/about",
exact: true,
component: asyncComponent({
// this must be as same as name property 👇
loader: () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AboutUs" */ "./About"), // required
Placeholder: () => <div>...LOADING...</div>, // this is optional, just returns null by default
}),
},
]Note 1: name must be uniqe and all routes must have a name with uniqe value.
Note 2: we used webpackChunkName with dynamic import, chunk name Must be as same as name property.
{
name: "AboutUs",
path: '/about',
component: asyncComponent({
// this must be as same as name property 👇
loader: () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "AboutUs" */ './About'),
}),
},
{
name: "Shop",
path: '/shop',
component: asyncComponent({
// this must be as same as name property 👇
loader: () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "Shop" */ './ShopComponent'),
}),
},Based on After.js Guide create a file in ./src/Document.js like so:
// ./src/Document.js
import React from "react"
import { AfterRoot, AfterData } from "@jaredpalmer/after"
class Document extends React.Component {
static async getInitialProps({ assets, data, renderPage }) {
const page = await renderPage()
return { assets, data, ...page }
}
render() {
const { helmet, assets, data } = this.props
// get attributes from React Helmet
const htmlAttrs = helmet.htmlAttributes.toComponent()
const bodyAttrs = helmet.bodyAttributes.toComponent()
return (
<html {...htmlAttrs}>
<head>
<meta httpEquiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta charSet="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
{helmet.title.toComponent()}
{helmet.meta.toComponent()}
{helmet.link.toComponent()}
{assets.client.css && (
<link rel="stylesheet" href={assets.client.css} />
)}
</head>
<body {...bodyAttrs}>
<AfterRoot />
<AfterData data={data} />
<script
type="text/javascript"
src={assets.client.js}
defer
crossOrigin="anonymous"
/>
</body>
</html>
)
}
}
export default DocumentThen import getAssets from afterjs-assets and call it in static getInitialProps:
Note: manifest.json will get generated at build time so don't worry if it's not already exist.
// ./src/Document.js
import manifest from '../build/manifest.json';
import { getAssests } from 'afterjs-assets';
import routes from './routes';
const prefix =
process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
? "/"
: `http://${process.env.HOST}:${parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) + 1}/`
class Document extends React.Component {
static async getInitialProps({ assets, data, renderPage, req }) {
const page = await renderPage();
// call getAssests and pass styles and scripts to component
const { styles, scripts } = getAssests({ req, routes, manifest });
return { assets, data, styles, scripts, ...page };
}
}then in render method just loop through scripts and styles
render() {
const { helmet, assets, data } = this.props;
const htmlAttrs = helmet.htmlAttributes.toComponent();
const bodyAttrs = helmet.bodyAttributes.toComponent();
return (
<html {...htmlAttrs}>
<head>
<meta httpEquiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta charSet="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
{helmet.title.toComponent()}
{helmet.meta.toComponent()}
{helmet.link.toComponent()}
{assets.client.css && (
<link rel="stylesheet" href={assets.client.css} />
)}
{styles.map((path) => (
<link key={path} rel="stylesheet" href={path} />
))}
</head>
<body {...bodyAttrs}>
<AfterRoot />
<AfterData data={data} />
<script
type="text/javascript"
src={assets.client.js}
defer
crossOrigin="anonymous"
/>
{scripts.map((path) => (
<script
key={path}
defer
type="text/javascript"
src={prefix + path}
crossOrigin="anonymous"
/>
))}
</body>
</html>
);
}To use your custom <Document>, pass it to the Document option of your After.js render function.
// ./src/server.js
import express from 'express';
import { render } from '@jaredpalmer/after';
import routes from './routes';
import MyDocument from './Document';
const assets = require(process.env.RAZZLE_ASSETS_MANIFEST);
const server = express();
server
.disable('x-powered-by')
.use(express.static(process.env.RAZZLE_PUBLIC_DIR))
.get('/*', async (req, res) => {
try {
// Pass document in here.
const html = await render({
req,
res,
document: MyDocument,
routes,
assets,
});
res.send(html);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
res.json(error);
}
});
export default server;if we call ensureReady on browser (client), it will try to download styles and scripts for second time, (i don't know why browsers allow this). to fix this just call ensureReady on windows.onload method:
window.onload = () => {
ensureReady(routes).then(data =>
hydrate(
<BrowserRouter>
<After data={data} routes={routes} />
</BrowserRouter>,
document.getElementById("root")
)
)
}This Project Written in TypeScript and types available in index.d.ts so there is no need to install any @types/ package.
Feel free to propose changes or open issues.
I'm really thinking about duplicate values in routes (name and webpackChunkName) but couldn't find any suitable solution.
we can use webpackChunkName with dynamic import to name chunks by requested filename.
// routes.js
function myAsyncComponentLoader(page) {
return asyncComponent({
loader: () => import(/* webpackChunkName: "[request]" */ `./pages/${page}`),
})
}
const routes = [
{
name: "About", // About.js file which located in ./pages/About.js
path: "/about",
},
{
name: "Home", // Home.js file which located in ./pages/Home.js
path: "/",
exact: true,
},
]
export default routes.map(route => {
const { name: componentName } = route
return { component: myAsyncComponentLoader(componentName), ...route }
})- Nima Arefi @nima_arf
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MIT License