Scaffolding a React frontend for role management

Published on 09/19/23 12:27:00
Desarrollo Web

We now build the React UI for the time-tracking product, starting with role management—list views and create/edit flows backed by the API you already exposed.

Why React here?

React encourages reusable components that re-render when data changes—ideal for admin tables and forms that talk to PostgREST.

Bootstrap a project

Install Node.js + npm, then:

npx create-react-app role-management-frontend
cd role-management-frontend
npm start

Key folders:

  • src/ — application code (App.js, components, hooks).
  • public/ — static assets and index.html.

Pages to implement first

List roles (ListRoles.js)

Fetch from your API (fetch, axios, or React Query), store results in component state, render a table or list with links to edit routes.

Create / edit role (EditRole.js)

Controlled inputs for role fields, POST/PATCH/PUT to the API on submit, optimistic or pessimistic UI feedback.

Bootstrap (or your design system) speeds layout polish.

Next

We drop in concrete component examples—see Role management components in React.