What is Storybook?

Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation. It's primarily used for building component libraries, pages, and screens in a sandbox environment without needing to embed them in the main application. This approach greatly aids in developing, testing, and showcasing UI components.

  1. Isolated Development Environment: Storybook provides a sandbox for building UI components in isolation. This means you can develop and fine-tune components without having to run your entire app, making the process faster and focused.

  2. Component Cataloging: It acts as a catalog for your components, allowing you and your team to view and interact with all the UI components in your project in one place.

  3. Interactive Playground: Developers can interact with and tweak components in real-time to see how they behave with different props, states, and events.

  4. Add-ons and Extensibility: Storybook supports a range of add-ons that extend its functionality, such as for accessibility testing, design integration, source code viewing, etc.

  5. Platform and Framework Agnostic: It supports a wide range of web technologies, including React, Vue, Angular, and more, making it versatile for different projects.

  6. Documentation and Collaboration: Storybook allows you to document components with Markdown, making it easier for other developers to understand how to use them. It facilitates team collaboration, ensuring consistency in UI development.

  7. Snapshot Testing: It integrates well with snapshot testing tools like Jest, which can be used to capture the "snapshot" of a component to ensure UI does not change unexpectedly.

  8. Continuous Integration: Storybook can be integrated into your CI/CD pipeline, ensuring that your components are always ready for production.

For more information regarding storybook visit https://storybook.js.org/

Start GIAA UI's Storybook

Storybook comes with a built-in development server featuring everything you need for project development. Depending on your system configuration, running the storybook command will start the local development server, output the address for you, and automatically open the address in a new browser tab where a welcome screen greets you.

pnpm run storybook


Storybook welcome screen

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