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Building React admin panel with NextUI and Refine
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Building React admin panel with NextUI and Refine

It's hard to build data-intensive front-end applications such as dashboards and admin panels from the ground up without feature-rich and niche frameworks such as Refine and NextUI.

With Refine, you can bootstrap a project instantly using the refine.dev web platform or the command line tool and customize the template to meet the requirements of your project.

Any Refine project has built-in features for state management, routing, networking, authentication, and internationalization.

NextUI is a React library for building accessible UIs. You can use NextUI in a vanilla React project or React-based frameworks like Refine and Next.js. In this article, you will learn to build a React admin panel using Refine and NextUI components library.

react admin panel next ui

Steps we'll cover:

What is Refine

As highlighted above, Refine is a React-based framework for building data-intensive front-end applications such as dashboards and admin panels. It is a feature-rich library with built-in support for routing, networking, authentication, state management, and internationalization.

Similarly, Refine has built-in support for integrating some of the commonest UI and design systems like Material UI, Ant design, Chakra UI, and Mantine.

All these built-in Refine features accelerate development speed, improve developer experience, and significantly reduce time to production. Check out the Refine documentation for more on what else it can do.

How to create a Refine application

You can create a Refine application either using the CLI or the Browser-based Scaffolder.

The Browser-based Scaffolder is an efficient tool that allows you to create Refine app seamlessly in your browser.

You can choose the libraries and frameworks you want to work with, and the tool will generate a boilerplate code for you.

For this tutorial, we'll be select the following options:

React Platform: Vite UI Framework: Headless Backend: REST API Authentication Provider: No Auth

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Once you've completed the steps, you'll have the ability to download your project

After creating the project, you can download it to your local machine. You may need to sign into the refine.new platform with your GitHub or Google account to build and download the project.

Then use the command below to install dependencies.

npm install

After installing dependencies, use the command below to launch the development server on localhost. You can then view the project in a web browser.

npm run dev

Once your project is successfully run, you will see the following page:

React admin panel next ui

Tidy things up

The Refine project we created above has a set of default styles in the src/App.css file, which will interfere with the NextUI styles. Therefore, you can delete the src/App.css file.

Similarly, we won't use the generated blog-posts pages. Therefore, you can delete the src/pages/blog-posts directory.

Finally, copy and paste the code below into the src/App.tsx file.

Show App.tsx
src/App.tsx
import { ErrorComponent, GitHubBanner, Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { RefineKbar, RefineKbarProvider } from "@refinedev/kbar";

import routerBindings, {
DocumentTitleHandler,
NavigateToResource,
UnsavedChangesNotifier,
} from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";
import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
import { BrowserRouter, Outlet, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom";
import { Layout } from "./components/layout";

import {
CategoryCreate,
CategoryEdit,
CategoryList,
CategoryShow,
} from "./pages/categories";

function App() {
const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();

const i18nProvider = {
translate: (key: string, params: object) => t(key, params),
changeLocale: (lang: string) => i18n.changeLanguage(lang),
getLocale: () => i18n.language,
};

return (
<BrowserRouter>
<GitHubBanner />
<RefineKbarProvider>
<Refine
dataProvider={dataProvider("https://api.finefoods.refine.dev")}
i18nProvider={i18nProvider}
routerProvider={routerBindings}
resources={[
{
name: "categories",
list: "/categories",
create: "/categories/create",
edit: "/categories/edit/:id",
show: "/categories/show/:id",
meta: {
canDelete: true,
},
},
]}
options={{
syncWithLocation: true,
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
}}
>
<Routes>
<Route
element={
<Layout>
<Outlet />
</Layout>
}
>
<Route path="/categories">
<Route index element={<CategoryList />} />
<Route path="create" element={<CategoryCreate />} />
<Route path="edit/:id" element={<CategoryEdit />} />
<Route path="show/:id" element={<CategoryShow />} />
</Route>
<Route path="*" element={<ErrorComponent />} />
</Route>
</Routes>

<RefineKbar />
<UnsavedChangesNotifier />
<DocumentTitleHandler />
</Refine>
</RefineKbarProvider>
</BrowserRouter>
);
}

export default App;

What is NextUI

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NextUI is a fully-featured React UI library for building accessible UI in React. It is built on top of React Aria and Tailwind CSS. It uses Framer motion internally for animating some of the built-in components.

You can use NextUI in a vanilla React project or React frameworks like Next.js and refine.

How to set up NextUI in a Refine application

Install NextUI and its dependencies

Install NextUI and its dependencies from the NPM package registry to start using it in a Refine application. Internally, NextUI uses Tailwind CSS and framer-motion for animation.

npm i @nextui-org/react framer-motion && npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

The command above will install NextUI, framer-motion, and Tailwind CSS and its peer dependencies.

We will also use heroicons in this article. Install it using the command below.

npm install @heroicons/react

Add Tailwind CSS configuration file

After successfully installing Tailwind CSS, use the command below to create a tailwind.config.js file at the root of your project directory.

npx tailwindcss init -p

Copy and paste the code below into the tailwind.config.js file you have just created.

tailwind.config.js
const { nextui } = require("@nextui-org/react");

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
export default {
content: [
"./index.html",
"./src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
"./node_modules/@nextui-org/theme/dist/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
darkMode: "class",
plugins: [nextui()],
};

Add Tailwind CSS directives

Create the src/index.css file and add the following Tailwind CSS directives.

src/index.css
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

Be sure to import the file you created above into the src/index.tsx file, like in the example below.

src/index.tsx
import React from "react";
import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";

import App from "./App";
import "./i18n";
import "./index.css";

const container = document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement;
const root = createRoot(container);

root.render(
<React.StrictMode>
<React.Suspense fallback="loading">
<App />
</React.Suspense>
</React.StrictMode>,
);

Set up NextUI provider

After installing and configuring NextUI and its dependencies, set up NextUIProvider at the root of your Refine project. Apply the following changes to the src/index.tsx file.

src/index.tsx
import React from "react";
import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";

import App from "./App";
import "./i18n";
import "./index.css";
import { NextUIProvider } from "@nextui-org/react";

const container = document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement;
const root = createRoot(container);

root.render(
<React.StrictMode>
<NextUIProvider>
<React.Suspense fallback="loading">
<App />
</React.Suspense>
</NextUIProvider>
</React.StrictMode>,
);

That is everything you need to start using NextUI in your Refine application. You may need to restart the development server after making the above changes.

How to build React admin dashboard with NextUI and Refine

In this section, we will use the Refine app we created above as a template to build a simple React admin dashboard with NextUI and refine. This section assumes you have installed NextUI and its dependencies. We will install additional packages as we build this project.

The Refine team has put together several APIs that you can experiment with when you're learning refine. In this article, we will create an admin panel using the Fine foods API. You can click the link to explore the API resources and endpoints available.

The dashboard we want to create will track the key performance indicators for a restaurant business against set targets. The key performance indicators comprise the restaurant's weekly revenue, weekly customers, and weekly orders.

Before we start building the dashboard, let's declare the interfaces that we will use throughout this application. They define the shape of our data. Create the src/interfaces/index.d.ts file.

Copy and paste the code below into it.

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src/interfaces/index.d.ts
export interface IOrder {
id: number;
user: IUser;
createdAt: string;
status: IOrderStatus;
address: IAddress;
amount: number;
}

export interface IUser {
id: number;
fullName: string;
gender: string;
gsm: string;
createdAt: string;
addresses: IAddress[];
}

export interface IOrderStatus {
id: number;
text: "Pending" | "Ready" | "On The Way" | "Delivered" | "Cancelled";
}

export interface IAddress {
text: string;
coordinate: [string, string];
}

export interface IChartDatum {
date: string;
value: string;
}

export interface IChart {
data: IChartDatum[];
total: number;
trend: number;
}

export interface IProduct {
id: number;
name: string;
isActive: boolean;
description: string;
createdAt: string;
price: number;
category: ICategory;
stock: number;
images: IImage[];
}

export interface IImage {
url: string;
}

export interface ICategory {
id: number;
title: string;
isActive: boolean;
cover: string;
}

export interface IProductCategory {
value: number;
label: string;
}

export interface IDeleteModalProps {
isOpen: boolean;
warningMessage: string;
onOpenChange: () => void;
onDelete: () => void;
}

interface IDisplayAreaGraphProps {
data: IChartDatum[];
stroke: string;
fill: string;
}

interface IDisplayBarChartProps {
data: IChartDatum[];
fill: string;
}

Create key performance indicator card

In this section, we will represent the key performance indicators(KPIs) we are tracking on a card. We will have three cards for the weekly revenue, weekly customers, and weekly orders.

We need to create a KpiCard component and reuse it for all three performance indicators. Create the src/components/kpiCard/index.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. Be aware that the kpiCard directory doesn't exist yet. You need to create it yourself.

Show KpiCard code
src/components/kpiCard/index.tsx
import { Progress, Card, Chip, Spinner } from "@nextui-org/react";
import { ArrowUpIcon, ArrowDownIcon } from "@heroicons/react/20/solid";
type DeltaType =
| "warning"
| "default"
| "primary"
| "secondary"
| "success"
| "danger";

const getColor = (num: number): DeltaType => {
if (num < 20) return "danger";
if (num < 50) return "warning";
if (num === 50) return "default";
if (num < 75) return "primary";
if (num < 90) return "secondary";
return "success";
};

const calcPercent = (num: number, den: number): number => {
return Math.round((num / den) * 100);
};

export const KpiCard = ({
title,
total,
target,
trend,
formattedTotal,
formattedTarget,
}: {
title: string;
total: number;
target: number;
trend: number;
formattedTotal: string;
formattedTarget: string;
}) => {
const percent = calcPercent(trend, total);
const color = getColor(percent);
return (
<Card className="p-5">
<div>
<div className="mb-10 flex justify-between">
<div>
<p>{title}</p>
<h1 className="text-lg font-bold">{formattedTotal}</h1>
</div>
{Number.isNaN(percent) ? (
<Spinner />
) : (
<Chip
color={color}
startContent={
percent < 0 ? (
<ArrowDownIcon width={12} />
) : (
<ArrowUpIcon width={12} />
)
}
>
{`${percent}%`}
</Chip>
)}
</div>
<Progress
label={`${formattedTotal} (Target: ${formattedTarget})`}
size="sm"
value={total}
maxValue={target}
color={color}
showValueLabel={true}
className="max-w-md"
/>
</div>
</Card>
);
};

In the code above, we imported the built-in NextUI components and applied Tailwind CSS classes. For more about the components we used in the code above, check the NextUI documentation.

The above component will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

We will use dayjs to query the data for the last one week from the fake REST API. Therefore, install dayjs from the NPM package registry like so:

npm install dayjs

We need to fetch the data for the key performance indicators from the database and pass them as props to the KpiCard component we created above.

Create the src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. Be aware that the dashboard directory doesn't exist. You need to create it yourself.

Show DashboardPage code
src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
import React from "react";
import { Tabs, Tab, Card, CardBody } from "@nextui-org/react";
import { useApiUrl, useCustom } from "@refinedev/core";
import { IChart } from "../../interfaces";

import { KpiCard } from "../../components/kpiCard";
import dayjs from "dayjs";

const query = {
start: dayjs().subtract(7, "days").startOf("day"),
end: dayjs().startOf("day"),
};

const currencyFormatter = Intl.NumberFormat("en", {
style: "currency",
currency: "USD",
});
const numberFormatter = Intl.NumberFormat("en");

export const DashboardPage: React.FC = () => {
const API_URL = useApiUrl();

const { data: dailyRevenue } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/dailyRevenue`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

const { data: dailyOrders } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/dailyOrders`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

const { data: newCustomers } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/newCustomers`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

return (
<main className="mt-5 flex w-full flex-col gap-3">
<h1 className="font-bold">Dashboards</h1>
<div className="grid grid-cols-2 justify-items-stretch gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
<KpiCard
title="Weekly Revenue"
total={dailyRevenue?.data.total ?? 0}
trend={dailyRevenue?.data.trend ?? 0}
target={10_500}
formattedTotal={`${currencyFormatter.format(
dailyRevenue?.data.total ?? 0,
)}`}
formattedTarget={`${currencyFormatter.format(10_500)}`}
/>
<KpiCard
title="Weekly Orders"
total={dailyOrders?.data.total ?? 0}
trend={dailyOrders?.data.trend ?? 0}
target={500}
formattedTotal={`${numberFormatter.format(
dailyOrders?.data.total ?? 0,
)}`}
formattedTarget={`${numberFormatter.format(500)}`}
/>
<KpiCard
title="New Customers"
total={newCustomers?.data.total ?? 0}
trend={newCustomers?.data.trend ?? 0}
target={200}
formattedTotal={`${numberFormatter.format(
newCustomers?.data.total ?? 0,
)}`}
formattedTarget={`${numberFormatter.format(200)}`}
/>
</div>
</main>
);
};

You can now create the src/pages/dashboard/index.ts file and export the above component, like in the example below.

src/pages/dashboard/index.ts
export { DashboardPage } from "./DashboardPage";

Finally, add the dashboard resource to the <Refine /> component. Add the highlighted changes to the src/App.tsx file.

Show App.tsx code
src/App.tsx
...

import { DashboardPage } from "./pages/dashboard";
import {
CategoryCreate,
CategoryEdit,
CategoryList,
CategoryShow,
} from "./pages/categories";

function App() {

..


return (
<BrowserRouter>
<RefineKbarProvider>
<Refine
dataProvider={dataProvider("https://api.finefoods.refine.dev")}
routerProvider={routerBindings}
resources={[
{
name: "dashboard",
list: "/dashboard",
},
...
]}
options={{
syncWithLocation: true,
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
}}
>
<Routes>
<Route
element={
<Layout>
<Outlet />
</Layout>
}
>
<Route
index
element={<NavigateToResource resource="dashboard" />}
/>
<Route path="/dashboard">
<Route index element={<DashboardPage />} />
</Route>
...
</Route>
</Routes>

<RefineKbar />
<UnsavedChangesNotifier />
<DocumentTitleHandler />
</Refine>
</RefineKbarProvider>
</BrowserRouter>
);
}

export default App;

The three KpiCard components we rendered in the above component will look like the image below.

react admin panel next ui

Represent the key performance indicators using charts

Similar to the key performance indicator card we created above, we shall represent the data we fetched from the API using charts. We will use an area graph to represent the weekly sales and new customers and a bar chart to represent the weekly orders. You can use a different chart if you wish.

However, NextUI doesn't have a built-in charts component. We will use Recharts instead. Recharts is a third-party package. Therefore, we need to install it from the NPM package registry using the command below.

npm install recharts

After successfully installing Recharts, create the src/components/charts/DisplayBarChart.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. The charts directory doesn't exist yet. You need to create it yourself.

src/components/charts/DisplayBarChart.tsx
import React from "react";
import {
BarChart,
Bar,
XAxis,
YAxis,
CartesianGrid,
Tooltip,
ResponsiveContainer,
} from "recharts";

import { IDisplayBarChartProps } from "../../interfaces";

export const formatDate = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", {
month: "short",
year: "numeric",
day: "numeric",
});

export const DisplayBarChart: React.FC<IDisplayBarChartProps> = ({
data,
fill,
}) => {
const transformedData = data.map(({ date, value }) => ({
date: formatDate.format(new Date(date)),
value,
}));

return (
<ResponsiveContainer aspect={3.5}>
<BarChart data={transformedData}>
<CartesianGrid strokeDasharray="3 3" />
<XAxis dataKey="date" />
<YAxis dataKey="value" />
<Tooltip />
<Bar dataKey="value" fill={fill} />
</BarChart>
</ResponsiveContainer>
);
};

Similarly, create the src/components/charts/DisplayAreaGraph.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. The DisplayAreaGraph.tsx file contains the code for representing the revenue and customer data using area graphs.

src/components/charts/DisplayAreaGraph.tsx
import React from "react";
import {
AreaChart,
Area,
XAxis,
YAxis,
CartesianGrid,
Tooltip,
ResponsiveContainer,
} from "recharts";

import { IDisplayAreaGraphProps } from "../../interfaces";
import { formatDate } from "./DisplayBarChart";

export const DisplayAreaGraph: React.FC<IDisplayAreaGraphProps> = ({
data,
stroke,
fill,
}) => {
const transformedData = data.map(({ date, value }) => ({
date: formatDate.format(new Date(date)),
value,
}));

return (
<ResponsiveContainer aspect={3.5}>
<AreaChart data={transformedData}>
<CartesianGrid strokeDasharray="3 3" />
<XAxis dataKey="date" />
<YAxis dataKey="value" />
<Tooltip label="Daily Revenue" />
<Area type="monotone" dataKey="value" stroke={stroke} fill={fill} />
</AreaChart>
</ResponsiveContainer>
);
};

Finally, create the src/components/charts/index.ts file. Copy and paste the exports below into it.

export { DisplayAreaGraph } from "./DisplayAreaGraph";
export { DisplayBarChart } from "./DisplayBarChart";

We need to import the above components and render them in the dashboard component. Add the following highlighted codes to the src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx file.

Show DashboardPage code
src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
...
import { DisplayAreaGraph, DisplayBarChart } from "../../components/charts";
import dayjs from "dayjs";

const query = {
start: dayjs().subtract(7, "days").startOf("day"),
end: dayjs().startOf("day"),
};

const currencyFormatter = Intl.NumberFormat("en", {
style: "currency",
currency: "USD",
});
const numberFormatter = Intl.NumberFormat("en");

export const DashboardPage: React.FC = () => {
const API_URL = useApiUrl();

const { data: dailyRevenue } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/dailyRevenue`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

const { data: dailyOrders } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/dailyOrders`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

const { data: newCustomers } = useCustom<IChart>({
url: `${API_URL}/newCustomers`,
method: "get",
config: {
query,
},
});

return (
<main className="flex w-full flex-col mt-5 gap-3">
<h1 className="font-bold">Dashboards</h1>
<div className="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 gap-4 justify-items-stretch">
...
</div>
<Card className="p-5">
<Tabs aria-label="Options" className="gap-0">
<Tab key="revenue" title="Revenue">
<Card shadow="none" radius="none">
<CardBody>
<DisplayAreaGraph data={dailyRevenue?.data?.data ?? []} stroke="#8884d8" fill="#cfeafc" />
</CardBody>
</Card>
</Tab>
<Tab key="orders" title="Orders">
<Card shadow="none" radius="none">
<CardBody>
<DisplayBarChart data={dailyOrders?.data?.data ?? []} fill="#ffce90" />{" "}
</CardBody>
</Card>
</Tab>
<Tab key="customers" title="Customers">
<Card shadow="none" radius="none">
<CardBody>
<DisplayAreaGraph data={newCustomers?.data?.data ?? []} stroke="#00bd56" fill="#ccf3f3" />{" "}
</CardBody>
</Card>
</Tab>
</Tabs>
</Card>
</main>
);
};

The Revenue chart will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

The Orders bar chart will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

Similarly, the Customer chart will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

Represent the recent sales in a table

Similar to the previous section, let's represent the recent sales of the restaurant business in a table. A user can search the table using keywords and filter it in ascending or descending order.

Create the src/components/table/RecentSalesTable.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. The table directory doesn't exist yet. You need to first create it.

Show RecentSalesTable Code
src/components/table/RecentSalesTable.tsx
import {
Table,
TableHeader,
TableColumn,
TableBody,
TableRow,
TableCell,
Input,
Button,
Chip,
Pagination,
SortDescriptor,
Dropdown,
DropdownTrigger,
DropdownMenu,
DropdownItem,
} from "@nextui-org/react";

import { useTable, getDefaultFilter, CrudSort } from "@refinedev/core";
import { IOrder } from "../../interfaces";
import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
import { MagnifyingGlassIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";

const columns = [
{ header: "Id", key: "id", sortable: true },
{ header: "Amount", key: "amount", sortable: true },
{ header: "Ordered By", key: "user", sortable: true },
{ header: "Gender", key: "gender", sortable: true },
{ header: "Tel", key: "gsm", sortable: false },
{ header: "Delivery Address", key: "address", sortable: true },
{ header: "Delivery Status", key: "status", sortable: true },
{ header: "Created At", key: "createdAt", sortable: false },
];

export const formatCurrency = (value: number) => {
return value.toLocaleString("en-US", {
style: "currency",
currency: "USD",
});
};

const formatDateTime = (value: string) => {
return new Date(value).toLocaleString("en-US", {
month: "short",
year: "numeric",
day: "numeric",
});
};

const getChipColor = (status: number) => {
// Order is Pending
if (status === 1) return "default";
// Order is Ready
if (status === 2) return "secondary";
// Order is on its way
if (status === 3) return "primary";
// Order has been delivered
if (status === 4) return "success";
// Order has been cancelled
if (status === 5) return "danger";
// Status is unknown
return "warning";
};

export const RecentSalesTable = () => {
const {
tableQuery,
pageCount,
current,
pageSize,
sorters,
filters,
setCurrent,
setPageSize,
setSorters,
setFilters,
} = useTable<IOrder>({
resource: "orders",
pagination: {
pageSize: 5,
},
});

const [sortDescriptor, setSortDescriptor] = useState<SortDescriptor>({
column: "id",
direction: "ascending",
});

const orders = tableQuery?.data?.data ?? [];

const getCellContents = useCallback((columnKey: string, item: IOrder) => {
if (columnKey === "id") return item.id;
if (columnKey === "amount") return formatCurrency(item.amount);
if (columnKey === "user") return item.user.fullName;
if (columnKey === "gender") return item.user.gender;
if (columnKey === "gsm") return item.user.gsm;
if (columnKey === "address") return item.address.text;
if (columnKey === "createdAt") return formatDateTime(item.createdAt);
if (columnKey === "status")
return (
<Chip color={getChipColor(item.status.id)}>{item.status.text}</Chip>
);
return "";
}, []);

return (
<Table
isStriped
aria-label="Oders table"
sortDescriptor={sortDescriptor}
onSortChange={(e) => {
const sorter: CrudSort = {
order: e.direction === "ascending" ? "asc" : "desc",
field: `${e.column}`,
};

switch (e.column) {
case "user":
sorter.field = "user.fullName";
break;
case "gender":
sorter.field = "user.gender";
break;
case "gsm":
sorter.field = "user.gsm";
break;
case "address":
sorter.field = "address.text";
break;
case "status":
sorter.field = "status.text";
break;
default:
break;
}
setSorters([sorter]);
setSortDescriptor(e);
}}
topContent={
<div className="flex justify-between gap-3">
<h2 className="whitespace-nowrap font-bold">Recent sales</h2>
<Input
isClearable
className="w-full sm:max-w-[20%]"
placeholder="Search"
startContent={<MagnifyingGlassIcon width={12} />}
value={getDefaultFilter("q", filters)}
onClear={() => {
setCurrent(1);
setFilters([], "replace");
}}
onValueChange={(value) => {
if (!value.trim()) {
setCurrent(1);
setFilters([], "replace");
return;
}

setCurrent(1);
setFilters([
{
field: "q",
value: value,
operator: "contains",
},
]);
}}
/>
</div>
}
bottomContent={
<div className="flex w-full justify-center gap-2">
<Pagination
isCompact
showControls
showShadow
color="primary"
page={current}
total={pageCount}
onChange={(page) => setCurrent(page)}
/>
<Dropdown>
<DropdownTrigger>
<Button variant="bordered" className="capitalize">
Rows per page
</Button>
</DropdownTrigger>
<DropdownMenu
aria-label="Select number of rows per page"
variant="flat"
color="primary"
disallowEmptySelection
selectionMode="single"
selectedKeys={[`${pageSize}`]}
onSelectionChange={(rows) => {
setPageSize(+(rows as Set<string>).values().next().value);
}}
>
{[5, 10, 25, 50].map((rowsPerPage) => {
return (
<DropdownItem
key={`${rowsPerPage}`}
>{`${rowsPerPage}`}</DropdownItem>
);
})}
</DropdownMenu>
</Dropdown>
</div>
}
>
<TableHeader columns={columns}>
{(column) => (
<TableColumn allowsSorting={column.sortable} key={column.key}>
{column.header}
</TableColumn>
)}
</TableHeader>
{orders.length ? (
<TableBody items={orders}>
{(item) => {
return (
<TableRow key={item.id}>
{(columnKey) => {
return (
<TableCell>
{getCellContents(columnKey as string, item)}
</TableCell>
);
}}
</TableRow>
);
}}
</TableBody>
) : (
<TableBody emptyContent={"Loading..."}>{[]}</TableBody>
)}
</Table>
);
};

The above component uses the built-in Table component to display the recent sales. The built-in NextUI Table has out-of-the-box support for pagination, sorting, filtering, and selection.

Similarly, create the src/components/table/index.ts file. You can export the component created above from it.

src/components/table/index.ts
export { RecentSalesTable } from "./RecentSalesTable";

Import the RecentSalesTable component we created above into the src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx file and render it like so:

src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
...

import { RecentSalesTable } from "../../components/table";
...

export const DashboardPage: React.FC = () => {
...

return (
<main className="flex w-full flex-col mt-5 gap-3">
<h1 className="font-bold">Dashboards</h1>
...
<RecentSalesTable />
</main>
);
};

The <RecentSalesTable /> component we created above will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

How to build product CRUD pages with NextUI and Refine

In the project template we created using refine.dev, there are CRUD pages for categories in the database. In this section, we will create similar CRUD pages for products using NextUI. Let's start by creating the list page.

Products list page

The restaurant API we are sourcing data from has a list of products that we will fetch and display in a table. The table will have features for pagination, searching, and sorting products in ascending, descending, or alphabetical order. Users can create, view, delete, or modify an existing product from the same page.

We will render a modal if a user wants to delete a record from our products table. Let's extract the logic for our modal into a separate reusable component. We will use NextUI's built-in Modal component.

Create the src/components/modal/index.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. The modal component doesn't exist yet. Therefore, you need to first create it.

src/components/modal/index.tsx
import React from "react";
import {
Modal,
ModalContent,
ModalHeader,
ModalBody,
ModalFooter,
Button,
} from "@nextui-org/react";

import { IDeleteModalProps } from "../../interfaces";

export const DeleteModal: React.FC<IDeleteModalProps> = ({
isOpen,
onOpenChange,
onDelete,
warningMessage,
}) => {
return (
<Modal isOpen={isOpen} backdrop="opaque" onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
<ModalContent>
{(onClose) => (
<>
<ModalHeader className="flex flex-col gap-1">
Product deletion
</ModalHeader>
<ModalBody>
<p>{warningMessage}</p>
</ModalBody>
<ModalFooter>
<Button color="primary" variant="light" onPress={onClose}>
Close
</Button>
<Button
color="danger"
onPress={() => {
onClose();
onDelete();
}}
>
Delete
</Button>
</ModalFooter>
</>
)}
</ModalContent>
</Modal>
);
};

Create the src/pages/products/list.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it. Be aware that the products directory doesn't exist yet. You need to first create it.

Show ProductList Code
src/pages/products/list.tsx
import {
useTable,
getDefaultFilter,
useNavigation,
useDelete,
useMany,
CrudSort,
} from "@refinedev/core";
import {
Table,
TableHeader,
TableColumn,
TableBody,
TableRow,
TableCell,
Pagination,
Input,
Button,
useDisclosure,
SortDescriptor,
Dropdown,
DropdownTrigger,
DropdownMenu,
DropdownItem,
} from "@nextui-org/react";

import {
TrashIcon,
EyeIcon,
PencilIcon,
MagnifyingGlassIcon,
PlusIcon,
} from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";

import { ICategory, IProduct } from "../../interfaces";

import { DeleteModal } from "../../components/modal";
import { useState, useCallback } from "react";
import { formatCurrency } from "../../components/table/RecentSalesTable";

const columns = [
{ header: "Id", key: "id", sortable: true },
{ header: "Name", key: "name", sortable: true },
{ header: "Price", key: "price", sortable: true },
{ header: "Category", key: "category", sortable: true },
{ header: "Description", key: "description", sortable: true },
{ header: "Actions", key: "actions", sortable: false },
];

export const ProductList = () => {
const {
tableQuery,
pageCount,
current,
pageSize,
filters,
setCurrent,
setPageSize,
setSorters,
setFilters,
} = useTable();
const { edit, show, create } = useNavigation();
const { mutate: deleteProduct } = useDelete();
const { isOpen, onOpen, onOpenChange } = useDisclosure();
const [deleteItemId, setDeleteItemId] = useState<null | number>(null);
const [sortDescriptor, setSortDescriptor] = useState<SortDescriptor>({
column: "id",
direction: "ascending",
});

const products = tableQuery?.data?.data ?? [];

const { data: categoryData } = useMany<ICategory>({
resource: "categories",
ids: products?.map((item) => item?.category?.id) ?? [],
queryOptions: {
enabled: !!products,
},
});

const renderCell = useCallback(
(columnKey: string, item: IProduct) => {
if (columnKey === "category") {
const category = categoryData?.data?.find((categoryObj) => {
return categoryObj.id === item.category.id;
});
return <TableCell>{category?.title ?? "Unknown"}</TableCell>;
}

if (columnKey === "price") {
return <TableCell>{formatCurrency(item.price)}</TableCell>;
}

if (columnKey === "actions") {
return (
<TableCell>
<div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-4">
<Button
isIconOnly
size="sm"
variant="light"
color="default"
aria-label="Edit"
className="rounded-full"
onPress={() => {
edit("products", item.id);
}}
>
<PencilIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
</Button>
<Button
isIconOnly
variant="light"
color="default"
size="sm"
aria-label="View"
className="rounded-full"
onPress={() => {
show("products", item.id);
}}
>
<EyeIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
</Button>
<Button
isIconOnly
variant="light"
color="danger"
size="md"
aria-label="Delete"
className="rounded-full"
onPress={() => {
setDeleteItemId(item.id);
onOpen();
}}
>
<TrashIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
</Button>
</div>
</TableCell>
);
}

return <TableCell>{(item as any)[columnKey]}</TableCell>;
},
[products, categoryData],
);

return (
<>
<Table
isStriped
aria-label="Products table"
sortDescriptor={sortDescriptor}
onSortChange={(e) => {
const sorter: CrudSort = {
order: e.direction === "ascending" ? "asc" : "desc",
field: e.column as string,
};

if (e.column === "category") {
sorter.field = "category.title";
}

setSorters([sorter]);
setSortDescriptor(e);
}}
topContent={
<div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
<div className="flex justify-between gap-3">
<h1 className="font-bold">Products</h1>
<Button
color="primary"
variant="bordered"
startContent={<PlusIcon className="h-4 w-4" />}
onPress={() => {
create("products");
}}
>
Create Product
</Button>
</div>
<div className="flex justify-end">
<Input
isClearable
className="w-full sm:max-w-[20%]"
placeholder="Search"
startContent={<MagnifyingGlassIcon width={12} />}
value={getDefaultFilter("q", filters)}
onClear={() => {
setCurrent(1);
setFilters([], "replace");
}}
onValueChange={(value) => {
if (!value.trim()) {
setCurrent(1);
setFilters([], "replace");
return;
}

setCurrent(1);
setFilters([
{
field: "q",
value: value,
operator: "contains",
},
]);
}}
/>
</div>
</div>
}
bottomContent={
<div className="flex w-full justify-center gap-2">
<Pagination
isCompact
showControls
showShadow
color="primary"
page={current}
total={pageCount}
onChange={(page) => setCurrent(page)}
/>
<Dropdown>
<DropdownTrigger>
<Button variant="bordered" className="capitalize">
Rows per page
</Button>
</DropdownTrigger>
<DropdownMenu
aria-label="Select number of rows per page"
variant="flat"
color="primary"
disallowEmptySelection
selectionMode="single"
selectedKeys={[`${pageSize}`]}
onSelectionChange={(rows) => {
setPageSize(+(rows as Set<string>).values().next().value);
}}
>
{[5, 10, 25, 50].map((rowsPerPage) => {
return (
<DropdownItem
key={`${rowsPerPage}`}
>{`${rowsPerPage}`}</DropdownItem>
);
})}
</DropdownMenu>
</Dropdown>
</div>
}
>
<TableHeader columns={columns}>
{(column) => {
if (column.key === "actions") {
return (
<TableColumn
allowsSorting={column.sortable}
key={column.key}
className="pr-16 text-end"
>
{column.header}
</TableColumn>
);
}
return (
<TableColumn allowsSorting={column.sortable} key={column.key}>
{column.header}
</TableColumn>
);
}}
</TableHeader>
{products.length ? (
<TableBody items={products}>
{(item) => {
return (
<TableRow key={item.id}>
{(columnKey) => {
return renderCell(columnKey as string, item as IProduct);
}}
</TableRow>
);
}}
</TableBody>
) : (
<TableBody emptyContent={"No rows to display."}>{[]}</TableBody>
)}
</Table>
{isOpen ? (
<DeleteModal
isOpen={isOpen}
onDelete={() =>
deleteProduct({ resource: "products", id: deleteItemId as number })
}
onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
warningMessage={`You are about to delete product with id ${deleteItemId} from the database. This action is irreversible.`}
/>
) : null}
</>
);
};

The above component uses Refine's built-in useTable hook to query the data. It returns the data in a form that can be displayed in a table.

We used NextUI's built-in Table component that supports sorting, selection, and pagination out of the box. Check the NextUI documentation to learn more about the Table component.

Create the src/pages/products/index.ts file and export the above component, as in the example below.

src/pages/products/index.ts
export { ProductList } from "./list";

We need to add the products resource to the <Refine /> component. Therefore, add the following changes to the src/App.tsx file.

Show App.tsx Code
src/App.tsx
import { ErrorComponent, GitHubBanner, Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { RefineKbar, RefineKbarProvider } from "@refinedev/kbar";

import routerBindings, {
DocumentTitleHandler,
NavigateToResource,
UnsavedChangesNotifier,
} from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";
import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
import { BrowserRouter, Outlet, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom";
import { Layout } from "./components/layout";
import { DashboardPage } from "./pages/dashboard";
import { ProductList } from "./pages/products";
import {
CategoryCreate,
CategoryEdit,
CategoryList,
CategoryShow,
} from "./pages/categories";

function App() {
const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();

const i18nProvider = {
translate: (key: string, params: object) => t(key, params),
changeLocale: (lang: string) => i18n.changeLanguage(lang),
getLocale: () => i18n.language,
};

return (
<BrowserRouter>
<GitHubBanner />
<RefineKbarProvider>
<Refine
dataProvider={dataProvider("https://api.finefoods.refine.dev")}
i18nProvider={i18nProvider}
routerProvider={routerBindings}
resources={[
{
name: "dashboard",
list: "/dashboard",
},
{
name: "products",
list: "/products",
create: "/products/create",
edit: "/products/edit/:id",
show: "/products/show/:id",
meta: {
canDelete: true,
},
},
{
name: "categories",
list: "/categories",
create: "/categories/create",
edit: "/categories/edit/:id",
show: "/categories/show/:id",
meta: {
canDelete: true,
},
},
]}
options={{
syncWithLocation: true,
warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
}}
>
<Routes>
<Route
element={
<Layout>
<Outlet />
</Layout>
}
>
<Route
index
element={<NavigateToResource resource="dashboard" />}
/>
<Route path="/dashboard">
<Route index element={<DashboardPage />} />
</Route>
<Route path="/products">
<Route index element={<ProductList />} />
</Route>
<Route path="/categories">
<Route index element={<CategoryList />} />
<Route path="create" element={<CategoryCreate />} />
<Route path="edit/:id" element={<CategoryEdit />} />
<Route path="show/:id" element={<CategoryShow />} />
</Route>
<Route path="*" element={<ErrorComponent />} />
</Route>
</Routes>

<RefineKbar />
<UnsavedChangesNotifier />
<DocumentTitleHandler />
</Refine>
</RefineKbarProvider>
</BrowserRouter>
);
}

export default App;

The products list page should now look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

Products create page

The list page we created in the previous sub-section has a button for creating a new product. Clicking it will navigate you to a blank page at the moment.

Let's create a component that will render when a user wants to create a new product. The component will render a form that a user can fill and submit to create a new product. To easily manage the forms, we will use react-hook-forms.

The headless Refine project template we created using the refine.new platform integrates the @refinedev/react-hook-form adapter out of the box. However, we need to install react-hook-form to use some of the features the @refinedev/react-hook-form adapter doesn't export.

Use the command below to install react-hook-form.

npm install react-hook-form

After successfully installing react-hook-form, create the src/pages/products/create.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it.

Show ProductCreate code
src/pages/products/create.tsx
import { HttpError, useBack, useSelect } from "@refinedev/core";
import { useForm } from "@refinedev/react-hook-form";
import { Controller } from "react-hook-form";

import {
Button,
Card,
Input,
Dropdown,
DropdownTrigger,
DropdownMenu,
DropdownItem,
Textarea,
} from "@nextui-org/react";

import { ArrowLongLeftIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";

import { IProduct, IProductCategory } from "../../interfaces";

export const ProductCreate = () => {
const goBack = useBack();

const {
refineCore: { onFinish, formLoading },
handleSubmit,
control,
formState: { errors },
} = useForm<IProduct, HttpError, IProduct>({
defaultValues: {
name: "",
description: "",
},
});

const { options: categoryOptions } = useSelect<IProductCategory>({
resource: "categories",
});

return (
<div>
<Card className="shadow-1 p-5">
<div className="flex items-center">
<Button
onClick={goBack}
className="m-1"
color="primary"
variant="light"
isIconOnly
aria-label="Go to products page"
>
<ArrowLongLeftIcon width={16} />
</Button>
<h1 className="font-bold">Create Product</h1>
</div>
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit(onFinish)}>
<div className="p-fluid">
<Controller
name="name"
control={control}
rules={{ required: "Name is required." }}
render={({ field, fieldState }) => {
return (
<Input
label="Name"
variant="bordered"
labelPlacement="outside"
placeholder="Enter product name"
value={field.value ?? ""}
errorMessage={errors[field.name]?.message ?? ""}
type="text"
onChange={(ev) => field.onChange(ev.target.value)}
/>
);
}}
/>
<Controller
name="price"
control={control}
rules={{
required: "Price is required.",
}}
render={({ field, fieldState }) => {
return (
<Input
label="Price"
variant="bordered"
labelPlacement="outside"
placeholder="Enter price"
errorMessage={errors[field.name]?.message ?? ""}
type="number"
min="0"
value={`${field.value ?? ""}`}
onChange={(ev) => field.onChange(ev.target.value)}
className="mt-5"
/>
);
}}
/>
<Controller
name="category.id"
control={control}
rules={{ required: "Category is required." }}
render={({ field, fieldState }) => {
return (
<Dropdown id="options-categories">
<DropdownTrigger>
<Button className="mt-5" variant="bordered">
Select product category
</Button>
</DropdownTrigger>
<DropdownMenu
aria-label="Select category"
selectionMode="single"
selectedKeys={[
field.value ?? categoryOptions[0]?.label ?? "",
]}
onSelectionChange={(selectedItem) => {
field.onChange(
(selectedItem as Set<string>).values().next().value,
);
}}
>
{categoryOptions.map((categoryOption) => {
return (
<DropdownItem key={`${categoryOption.label}`}>
{categoryOption.label}
</DropdownItem>
);
})}
</DropdownMenu>
</Dropdown>
);
}}
/>
<Controller
name="description"
control={control}
rules={{ required: "Description is required." }}
render={({ field, fieldState }) => {
return (
<Textarea
label="Description"
placeholder="Enter product description here"
variant="bordered"
labelPlacement="outside"
errorMessage={errors[field.name]?.message ?? ""}
value={field.value ?? ""}
onChange={(ev) => field.onChange(ev.target.value)}
className="mt-5"
/>
);
}}
/>
</div>
<div className="justify-content-end flex">
<Button
type="submit"
isLoading={formLoading}
color="primary"
className="mt-5"
>
Save Product
</Button>
</div>
</form>
</Card>
</div>
);
};

Export the above component from the src/pages/products/index.ts file.

src/pages/products/index.ts
export { ProductList } from "./list";
export { ProductCreate } from "./create";

Finally, render the above component in the src/App.tsx file when a user navigates to the /create route. Add the highlighted changes to the src/App.tsx file.

src/App.tsx
...
import { ProductList, ProductCreate } from "./pages/products";
...

return (
<Refine
...
>
<Routes>
...
<Route path="/products">
<Route index element={<ProductList />} />
<Route path="create" element={<ProductCreate />} />
</Route>
...
<Route path="*" element={<ErrorComponent />} />
</Route>
</Routes>
);
}

export default App;

The above component will look like the image below after rendering.

react admin panel next ui

Products edit page

The products table we created above has an actions column that you can use to edit, show, and delete a record. Clicking the edit button takes you to a blank page at the moment.

Let's create a component for editing an existing record in the products table. Create the src/pages/products/edit.tsx file. Copy and paste the code below into it.

Show ProductEdit code
src/pages/products/edit.tsx
import { HttpError, useBack, useSelect } from "@refinedev/core";
import { useForm } from "@refinedev/react-hook-form";
import { Controller } from "react-hook-form";

import {
Button,
Card,
Input,
Dropdown,