import { Meta } from '@storybook/addon-docs';
# Getting Started
With NorthStar, you can easily design and develop your UI applications.
## Before you start
Before you start using NorthStar for your project, please note that:
* NorthStar currently only supports the React framework. It supports the most recent versions of React, starting from 18.
* NorthStar supports the latest, stable releases of modern browsers - Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
* NorthStar is shipped with the [Apache 2.0 License](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
## Installation
### Use in your React Project
```bash
// with npm
npm install @aws-northstar/ui
npm install @cloudscape-design/components
// with yarn
yarn add @aws-northstar/ui
yarn add @cloudscape-design/components
```
## Setup
At the very top of your application, import the NorthStarThemeProvider component and render the NorthStarThemeProvider component.
```jsx static
import NorthStarThemeProvider from '@aws-northstar/ui/components/NorthStarThemeProvider';
export default () => (
...redux provider, Apollo client provider, react router...
);
```
## Usage
Here is a quick example to get you started to add a form with one input field to your app:
```jsx static
import React, { FC } from 'react';
import FormRenderer, { componentTypes, validatorTypes } from '@aws-northstar/ui/components/FormRenderer';
const MyComponent: FC = () => (
);
export default MyComponent;
```
This documentation website has detailed examples on how to use each component.
To learn React, check out the [React documentation](https://reactjs.org/).
## Examples
### Create React App
This example demonstrates how you can setup NorthStar v2 in a React application created by [Create React App](https://reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-react-app.html).
Download the example:
```markdown
mkdir northstar && cd northstar
curl https://aws.github.io/aws-northstar/static/examples/create-react-app.tar.gz | tar -xz
```
Install it and run:
```markdown
yarn
yarn start
```
### CodeSandbox
You can use this [CodeSandbox template](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/aws/aws-northstar/tree/main/packages/examples/ui) to create a sandbox to play around with NorthStar components.
## Support
We use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar/issues) as a bug tracker. If you think you have found a bug, please follow the **Submitting bugs** section in the [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and open an issue with detailed information about the issue.
## Sourcecode
If you are interested in our source code, our repo is at [https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar](https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar).
We welcome your contribution to NorthStar. As a community run project, we rely on your contribution.
## Changelog
Check out the [Changelog](https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar/releases)