How to include bootstrap css and js in reactjs app?

Question

I am newb to reactjs, I want to include bootstrap in my react app

I have installed bootstrap by npm install bootstrap --save

Now, want to load bootstrap css and js in my react app.

I am using webpack.

webpack.config.js

var config = {
    entry: './src/index',

    output: {
        path: './',
        filename: 'index.js'
    },

    devServer: {
        inline: true,
        port: 8080,
        historyApiFallback: true,
        contentBase:'./src'
    },

    module: {
        loaders: [
            {
                test: /.js?$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                loader: 'babel',

                query: {
                    presets: ['es2015', 'react']
                }
            }
        ]
    }
};

module.exports = config;

My issue is "how to include bootstrap css and js in reactjs app from node_modules?" How to setup for bootstrap to include in my react app?

Answer 1

If you are new to React and using create-react-app cli setup, run the npm command below to include the latest version of bootstrap.

npm install --save bootstrap

or

npm install --save bootstrap@latest

Then add the following import statement to index.js file. (https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.4/getting-started/webpack/#importing-compiled-css)

import '../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';

or

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css';

don't forget to use className as attribute on target elements (react uses className as attribute instead of class).