Components in isolation
A component explorer lets you build a component outside the full app, rendering it in many states as named stories. Each story fixes a set of props so you can develop a loading state or an error state directly without navigating the real app.
What it unlocks
- Faster development no need to reach a deep app state to see an edge case.
- Living documentation stories show every variant for designers and reviewers.
- A test surface the same stories feed interaction and visual regression tests.
Doing it well
- Write a story for each meaningful state, including empty and error cases.
- Keep stories deterministic by mocking data and time.
- Treat stories as the source of truth that automated tests reuse.
When stories cover the real states, documentation and tests stay in sync with the component.
Key idea
Stories render a component in isolation across its states, serving as development, docs, and a test surface at once.