# Why did you render This is a simple example of how to use [why-did-you-render](https://github.com/welldone-software/why-did-you-render). The header component will rerender despite the state staying the same. You can see `why-did-you-render` console logs about this redundant re-render in the developer console. ## Installation guide 1. add `why-did-you-render` to the project by running: ``` yarn add @welldone-software/why-did-you-render ``` 1. Create `scripts/wdyr.js` with the code: ```jsx import React from 'react' if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') { if (typeof window !== 'undefined') { const whyDidYouRender = require('@welldone-software/why-did-you-render') whyDidYouRender(React, { trackAllPureComponents: true, }) } } ``` 1. Import `scripts/wdyr.js` as the first import of `_app`. 1. Make sure that [`react-preset`](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/babel-preset-react) uses `@welldone-software/why-did-you-render` to import the monkey patched `React` with WDYR, by modifying `next/babel` in `babel.config.js`: ```jsx // babel.config.js module.exports = function (api) { const isServer = api.caller((caller) => caller?.isServer) const isCallerDevelopment = api.caller((caller) => caller?.isDev) const presets = [ [ 'next/babel', { 'preset-react': { importSource: !isServer && isCallerDevelopment ? '@welldone-software/why-did-you-render' : 'react', }, }, ], ] return { presets } } ``` ## Preview Preview the example live on [StackBlitz](http://stackblitz.com/): [![Open in StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/examples/with-why-did-you-render) ## Deploy your own Deploy the example using [Vercel](https://vercel.com?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=next-example): [![Deploy with Vercel](https://vercel.com/button)](https://vercel.com/new/git/external?repository-url=https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/examples/with-why-did-you-render&project-name=with-why-did-you-render&repository-name=with-why-did-you-render) ## How to use Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init) or [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/) to bootstrap the example: ```bash npx create-next-app --example with-why-did-you-render with-why-did-you-render-app # or yarn create next-app --example with-why-did-you-render with-why-did-you-render-app ``` Deploy it to the cloud with [Vercel](https://vercel.com/new?filter=next.js&utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=next-example) ([Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment)).