Why did I add a Terminal on my website (and how you can do it too)?

Bony Roopchandani — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 07:56:20 +0000

Being a Software Engineer, I always had this idea to have some kind of element on my personal website which not only showcases my skills but also gives it a bit of "nerd" touch. So, I went ahead and built a static Terminal having custom commands.

This React component is also published as an NPM package for anyone who wants to add it to their app.

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Installing

Install it using NPM npm install react-terminal or YARN yarn add react-terminal.

Usage

Just declare the commands object (key-value pair where value can be either a string or callback) and pass it as props to the component:

import { ReactTerminal } from "react-terminal";

function MyComponent(props) {
  // Define commands here
  const commands = {
    whoami: "jackharper",
    cd: (directory) => `changed path to ${directory}`
  };

  return (
    <ReactTerminal
      commands={commands}
    />
  );
}

Also, make sure to wrap the application mount point around TerminalContextProvider. This retains the state even when the component is unmounted and then mounted back:

import { TerminalContextProvider } from "react-terminal";

ReactDOM.render(
  <TerminalContextProvider>
    <App/>
  </TerminalContextProvider>,
  rootElement
);

For a full list of props, please check the readme.

Demo:

Link to Demo

If you found a bug in this library, please file a GitHub issue here.

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Why did I add a Terminal on my website (and how you can do it too)?

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Installing

Usage

Demo: