MUI (Material UI)

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MUI (Material UI)#

Material-UI (now known as MUI) is a popular React component library that implements Google’s Material Design principles. It provides a comprehensive set of pre-built, customizable components to build modern, responsive web applications quickly.

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Here’s what makes MUI powerful:

  • Rich component library: Includes buttons, inputs, navigation, data display, and more

  • Theming system: Customize colors, typography, and spacing across your entire app

  • Responsive design: Components adapt to different screen sizes automatically

  • Style customization: Override styles using CSS-in-JS with emotion

  • Tree-shaking: Only imports the components you use for smaller bundle sizes

A simple example of using MUI components:

import React from 'react';
import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
import Box from '@mui/material/Box';

function LoginForm() {
return (
   <Box sx={{ maxWidth: 400, mx: 'auto', p: 2 }}>
      <TextField
      fullWidth
      label="Email"
      margin="normal"
      variant="outlined"
      />
      <TextField
      fullWidth
      label="Password"
      type="password"
      margin="normal"
      variant="outlined"
      />
      <Button
      variant="contained"
      color="primary"
      fullWidth
      sx={{ mt: 2 }}
      >
      Log In
      </Button>
   </Box>
);
}

To set up a custom theme:

import { createTheme, ThemeProvider } from '@mui/material/styles';

const theme = createTheme({
palette: {
   primary: {
      main: '#1976d2',
   },
   secondary: {
      main: '#dc004e',
   },
},
typography: {
   fontFamily: '"Roboto", "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif',
},
});

function App() {
return (
   <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
      {/* Your app components */}
   </ThemeProvider>
);
}
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