Introduction to Material-UI

Material-UI is a popular React UI framework that allows developers to create beautiful and functional user interfaces with ease. It follows Google’s Material Design principles, ensuring a consistent and visually appealing design across different platforms and devices. In this article, we will explore various useful APIs provided by Material-UI and demonstrate their usage with code snippets and an app example.

Getting Started with Material-UI

  {`
    // Install Material-UI
    npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled
    // Install Material-UI icons
    npm install @mui/icons-material
  `}

Using Material-UI Components

Button

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import Button from '@mui/material/Button';

    function App() {
      return (
        
          Hello World
        
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}

AppBar

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import AppBar from '@mui/material/AppBar';
    import Toolbar from '@mui/material/Toolbar';
    import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
    
    function App() {
      return (
        
          
            
              My Application
            
          
        
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}

TextField

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';

    function App() {
      return (
        
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}

Card

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import Card from '@mui/material/Card';
    import CardContent from '@mui/material/CardContent';
    import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';

    function App() {
      return (
        
          
            
              Word of the Day
            
            
              be•nev•o•lent
            
            
              adjective
            
            
              well meaning and kindly.

            
          
        
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}

Icon

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import Icon from '@mui/material/Icon';

    function App() {
      return (
        star
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}

Building an App with Material-UI

  {`
    import * as React from 'react';
    import AppBar from '@mui/material/AppBar';
    import Toolbar from '@mui/material/Toolbar';
    import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
    import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
    import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
    import Card from '@mui/material/Card';
    import CardContent from '@mui/material/CardContent';
    import Icon from '@mui/material/Icon';

    function App() {
      return (
        

          
            
              
                My Material-UI App
              
            
          
          
            
              
                Contact Us
              
              
              

              
              

              
                Submit
              
            
          
        
      );
    }

    export default App;
  `}