🦥 React.lazy without a default export

React v16.6.0 introduced React.lazy that allows to code split without any external libraries.

https://reactjs.org/blog/2018/10/23/react-v-16-6.html

The React.lazy function lets you render a dynamic import as a regular component.

Before:

import OtherComponent from './OtherComponent';

function MyComponent() {
  return (
    <div>
      <OtherComponent />
    </div>
  );
}

After:

const OtherComponent = React.lazy(() => import('./OtherComponent'));

function MyComponent() {
  return (
    <div>
      <OtherComponent />
    </div>
  );
}

https://reactjs.org/docs/code-splitting.html#reactlazy

Althought bellow there is a message

React.lazy takes a function that must call a dynamic import(). This must return a Promise which resolves to a module with a default export containing a React component.

Which means that your OtherComponent should be exported this way

export default function OtherComponent() {
  return (
    <div>OtherComponent</div>
  );
}

But what if you have it exported not as default?

export function OtherComponent() {
  return (
    <div>OtherComponent</div>
  );
}

In this case you have to change a bit the import() code when importing this component

const OtherComponent = React.lazy(
  () => import('./OtherComponent').then(module => ({ default: module.OtherComponent }))
);

What are we doing here, is just chaining the Promise returned by import() and adding that default export.

Please keep in mind that component imported with React.lazy should be rendered inside a React.Suspense

https://reactjs.org/docs/code-splitting.html#suspense

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Comments

[Carlos Alvidrez]

Thank you!

[Jeremy Gollehon]

Does this have an affect on tree-shaking?

[Andrei L]

Yes. Dynamic import cannot be analyzed at build time.
You will have to follow React Docs and reexport only wanted component to have dynamic import with tree shaking
reactjs.org/docs/code-splitting.ht...

[Jeremy Gollehon]

Excellent. Thanks for the link.