General Styling

Simplify styling needs with the help of AI

Summary

Generative AI can be leveraged to apply all kinds of styling of components. Styling that controls colors, positioning, action based effects (hover, onClick). Although it may seem trivial, many developers have personal experience of issues with UI styling, particularly vertical and horizontal alignment. By specifying alignment requirements in your prompt, you can efficiently create components with consistent and visually appealing layouts.

Example: Using generative AI to align elements in a modern web app

Prompt:

chatgpt-3.5

Create a Next.js and Chakra UI component with a centered title and a horizontally aligned list of items.

Response:

import React from 'react';
import { Box, Flex, Heading, List, ListItem, Text } from '@chakra-ui/react';

const CenteredTitleAndHorizontalList = () => {
  const items = ['Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3'];

  return (
    <Box>
      <Heading textAlign="center" mb="4">
        Centered Title
      </Heading>
      <Flex justifyContent="space-evenly">
        <List display="flex" alignItems="center">
          {items.map((item, index) => (
            <ListItem key={index} mx="2">
              <Text>{item}</Text>
            </ListItem>
          ))}
        </List>
      </Flex>
    </Box>
  );
};

export default CenteredTitleAndHorizontalList;

Discussion: By using generative AI to apply vertical and horizontal alignment in Next.js and Chakra UI applications, developers can achieve the following benefits:

1. Create visually appealing layouts: Proper alignment ensures a clean and organized appearance, improving the overall user experience.

2. Streamline component creation: Instead of manually writing code for alignment, developers can quickly generate components with the desired alignment using generative AI.

3. Enhance code maintainability and readability: Components generated by generative AI will follow consistent alignment patterns, making it easier for developers to understand and maintain the code.

4. Foster collaboration: A standardized approach to alignment can help team members understand each other's components and facilitate collaboration.

Using generative AI for vertical and horizontal alignment in Next.js and Chakra UI applications allows developers to create components with consistent and visually appealing layouts while saving time and effort during the development process.