Simple A/B testing for React apps
npm install react-abtestingGoogle advises doing 2 things with A / B testing.
1. Redirect with GET parameter on the page with the tested variant
2. Set the canonical tag on page
to run the examples you need
1. clone this repo
2. cd react-ab-test
3. npm i && npm run build
- cd examples/client_render_coockie or examples/client_render_localstorage
- npm i && npm start
- cd examples/server_render_coockie
- npm i && npm run build && npm start
client_render_coockie_with_react-router
server_render_coockie_with_react-router
##### First you need to create an array of tests..
The name Default is mandatory, this is an option that will be shown by default on the base link
``javascript`
const experimentMap = [
{
name: "MyExperiment",
variants: [
{
name: "Default",
weight: 1
},
{
name: "B",
weight: 2
}
],
resolve: variant => {
console.log("MyExperiment: selected variant", variant);
}
}
...etc
];
resolve -> function will be called after selecting the option A/B testing
variants of experiments will be sorted in ascending order automatically
##### The next step is to create an adapter for storing and deleting data about the selected variant.
The library doesn't care where you save/retrieve selected variant, the most common examples are storage in coockies and localStorage.
`javascript
// cookies set/get example
import Cookies from "js-cookie";
import { StorageAdapter } from "react-abtesting";
const storageAdapter = new StorageAdapter({
prefix: "AB_", // optional
setter: (key, val) => Cookies.set(key, val), // required
getter: key => Cookies.get(key) // required
});
`
`javascript
// localStorage set/get example
import { StorageAdapter } from "react-abtesting";
const storageAdapter = new StorageAdapter({
prefix: "AB_", // optional
setter: (key, val) => localStorage.setItem(key, val), // required
getter: key => localStorage.getItem(key) // required
});
`
##### The next step is to create an instance of the test class.
`javascript`
import { AB_Test } from "react-abtesting";
const abTest = new AB_Test(experimentMap, storageAdapter);
##### Wrap application.
`javascript`
import { AB_Provider } from "react-abtesting";
ReactDOM.render(
);
##### Now, anywhere in the application, we can create our tests.
`javascript`
//App.js
import { Experiment, Variant } from "react-abtesting";
render() {
return (
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
)}
#### Use with history package
`javascript
import { AB_Provider } from "react-abtesting";
import { createBrowserHistory } from "history";
const history = createBrowserHistory();
ReactDOM.render(
);
``