shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: Cards example explained.

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In this article, we will learn about Cards example in shadcn-ui/ui. This article consists of the following sections:

Where is cards folder located?
What is in cards folder?
Components used in cards example.

Where is card folder located?

Shadcn-ui/ui uses app router and cards folder is located in examples folder, which is located in (app), a route group in Next.js.

What is in cards folder?

As you can see from the above image, we have components folder, page.tsx.

page.tsx is loaded in place of {children} in examples/layout.tsx.

Below is the code picked from cards/page.tsx

import { Metadata } from "next"
import Image from "next/image"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

import { DemoCookieSettings } from "./components/cookie-settings"
import { DemoCreateAccount } from "./components/create-account"
import { DemoDatePicker } from "./components/date-picker"
import { DemoGithub } from "./components/github-card"
import { DemoNotifications } from "./components/notifications"
import { DemoPaymentMethod } from "./components/payment-method"
import { DemoReportAnIssue } from "./components/report-an-issue"
import { DemoShareDocument } from "./components/share-document"
import { DemoTeamMembers } from "./components/team-members"

export const metadata: Metadata = {
  title: "Cards",
  description: "Examples of cards built using the components.",
}

function DemoContainer({
  className,
  ...props
}: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>) {
  return (
    <div
      className={cn(
        "flex items-center justify-center \[&>div\]:w-full",
        className
      )}
      {...props}
    />
  )
}

export default function CardsPage() {
  return (
    <>
      <div className="md:hidden">
        <Image
          src="/examples/cards-light.png"
          width={1280}
          height={1214}
          alt="Cards"
          className="block dark:hidden"
        />
        <Image
          src="/examples/cards-dark.png"
          width={1280}
          height={1214}
          alt="Cards"
          className="hidden dark:block"
        />
      </div>
      <div className="hidden items-start justify-center gap-6 rounded-lg p-8 md:grid lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3">
        <div className="col-span-2 grid items-start gap-6 lg:col-span-1">
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoCreateAccount />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoPaymentMethod />
          </DemoContainer>
        </div>
        <div className="col-span-2 grid items-start gap-6 lg:col-span-1">
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoTeamMembers />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoShareDocument />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoDatePicker />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoNotifications />
          </DemoContainer>
        </div>
        <div className="col-span-2 grid items-start gap-6 lg:col-span-2 lg:grid-cols-2 xl:col-span-1 xl:grid-cols-1">
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoReportAnIssue />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoGithub />
          </DemoContainer>
          <DemoContainer>
            <DemoCookieSettings />
          </DemoContainer>
        </div>
      </div>
    </>
  )
}

Components used in cards example.

To find out the components used in this cards example, we can simply look at the imports used at the top of page.

import { DemoCookieSettings } from "./components/cookie-settings"
import { DemoCreateAccount } from "./components/create-account"
import { DemoDatePicker } from "./components/date-picker"
import { DemoGithub } from "./components/github-card"
import { DemoNotifications } from "./components/notifications"
import { DemoPaymentMethod } from "./components/payment-method"
import { DemoReportAnIssue } from "./components/report-an-issue"
import { DemoShareDocument } from "./components/share-document"
import { DemoTeamMembers } from "./components/team-members"

Do not forget the modular components inside cards folder.

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