TL;DR

  • React Material Admin moves to React 17 and Material UI 5 for better performance and usability
  • Updates shipped to two products: React Material Admin Full and React Material UI Admin Node.js
  • Library updates: FullCalendar 5.11, ApexCharts 3.35, mui-datatables 4; Datefns added; Formik bumped
  • Redux added to manage CRUD and authorization, letting devs focus on business features
  • Next: updates to Vue and Angular Material Admin; component integration into Flatlogic Platform

Fact Box

  • Updates released for two products: React Material Admin Full and React Material UI Admin Node.js.
  • Templates now use React 17 and Material UI 5, up from React 16 and Material UI 4.
  • FullCalendar upgraded to version 5.11.
  • ApexCharts upgraded to version 3.35.
  • Redux added to manage CRUD functions and authorization.

As Material UI and React continue to grow and develop it has become clear that React Material Admin can’t live with the outdated versions of those libraries.

What products are affected by the update?

Currently, the updates were released on 2 products:

react material admin template

What has changed?

The main change is that now those templates are now using React 17 and Material UI 5, previously it was 16 and 4 versions accordingly.

And also we made several minor changes that make this admin dashboard template up-to-date.

✅ Fullcalendar was updated to the 5.11 version
✅ Added Datefns as datepicker library
✅ Updated Apexcharts to version 3.35
✅ Updated Formik library to the latest stable version
✅ Mui-datatables library was updated to version 4
✅ We have added Redux for management CRUD functions and authorization

React Material Admin Template

As a result, the speed and usability of the React Material Admin template increased. Additionally, you don’t need to spend your time updating all those technologies by yourself, so you can focus on developing business features.

Moving forward and Summing Up

The ecosystem of our templates will be constantly updating. Next in line are Vue Material Admin and Angular Material Admin. Additionally, we are working on integrating some of the existing UI components from React Material Admin to the Flatlogic Platform generated react app.

For the rest of our React templates, check our marketplace. If you face any difficulties setting up this or that template or admin dashboard, please feel free to leave us a message on our forum, Twitter or Facebook. We will respond to your inquiry as quickly as possible!

Happy developing! 👩‍💻