React-Table Tutorial – Beginners Tutorial

If you’re looking to build a sophisticated and customizable table component in your React applications, then React-Table is a great choice. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the basics of using React-Table to create a table in your React application.

What is React-Table?

React-Table is a lightweight, fast, and fully customizable table component for React. It allows you to create complex tables with features like sorting, filtering, pagination, and more, all with a simple and intuitive API.

Getting Started

To get started with React-Table, you will first need to install it in your project. You can do this using npm:

        
            $ npm install react-table
        
    

Creating a Basic Table

Once you have React-Table installed, you can create a basic table in your React component like this:

        
            import React from 'react';
            import { useTable } from 'react-table';

            const data = [
                {
                    name: 'John Doe',
                    age: 30,
                    email: 'john@example.com'
                },
                {
                    name: 'Jane Smith',
                    age: 25,
                    email: 'jane@example.com'
                }
            ];

            const columns = [
                {
                    Header: 'Name',
                    accessor: 'name'
                },
                {
                    Header: 'Age',
                    accessor: 'age'
                },
                {
                    Header: 'Email',
                    accessor: 'email'
                }
            ];

            function BasicTable() {
                const tableInstance = useTable({ columns, data });

                const {
                    getTableProps,
                    getTableBodyProps,
                    headerGroups,
                    rows,
                    prepareRow
                } = tableInstance;

                return (
                    
                            {headerGroups.map(headerGroup => (
                                
                                    {headerGroup.headers.map(column => (
                                        
                                    ))}
                                
                            ))}
                        
                            {rows.map(row => {
                                prepareRow(row)
                                return (
                                    
                                        {row.cells.map(cell => {
                                            return 
                                        })}
                                    
                                )
                            })}
                        

                        
{column.render('Header')}
                        
{cell.render('Cell')}
                    
                );
            }

            export default BasicTable;
        
    

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have now learned the basics of using React-Table to create a table in your React application. With React-Table, you can take your table component to the next level by adding advanced features such as sorting, filtering, pagination, and more. We encourage you to explore the documentation and experiment with different configurations to customize your table to fit your specific needs.