How to strip testing code when React JS is minified by for production?

Question

In my React functional component, I use useEffect to do some debug logging, but I only want it when I am running in a non --production build.

// something like
if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
  // I want the contents of this block removed on production builds, but it is inside a function
  useEffect(() => {
    console.log("authState changed", AuthStates[authState]);
  }, [authState]);

  useEffect(() => {
    console.log("authToken changed", authToken);
    if (tokenExpiresOn) {
      console.log(
        `token expires in ${(tokenExpiresOn - Date.now()).toLocaleString()}ms`
      );
    }
  }, [authToken]);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (tokenExpiresOn) {
      console.log(
        `token expires in ${(tokenExpiresOn - Date.now()).toLocaleString()}ms`
      );
    } else {
      console.log("tokenExpiresOn cleared");
    }
  }, [tokenExpiresOn]);
}

Looks like a good use case for a custom hook – charlietfl Jan 23 '21 at 16:29 — charlietfl, Jan 23 '21 at 16:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '21 at 16:28

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You can not declare hooks conditionally. You can declare on the top level and you can put your business logic inside the hook, e.g below.

useEffect(() => {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'){
    console.log("authToken changed", authToken);
    if (tokenExpiresOn) {
      console.log(
        `token expires in ${(tokenExpiresOn - Date.now()).toLocaleString()}ms`
      );
    }
 }
  }, [authToken]);

answered Jan 23 '21 at 16:28

Sam

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but does it strip it from the minified code though? Since it will never reach that path? – Archimedes Trajano Jan 23 '21 at 18:03
@ArchimedesTrajano, It will be part of the code, but will not execute until it matches the condition. – Sam Jan 23 '21 at 19:09
OK my Q is to make sure it is stripped off the minified output. – Archimedes Trajano Jan 23 '21 at 19:20
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Take a look on this thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28572380/conditional-build-based-on-environment-using-webpack – Sam Jan 23 '21 at 19:28
Is there a specific set of instructions on how to integrate that with a ReactJS build? – Archimedes Trajano Jan 23 '21 at 20:27

How to strip testing code when React JS is minified by for production?

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