Creating shareable React widgets

React is a popular JavaScript library known for its flexibility, ease of learning, and the ability to create reusable custom components, which can be seamlessly shared across various React applications. However, integrating these components into static websites poses a challenge. This tutorial provides a step-by-step approach to embedding a React component, specifically a CryptoList widget, into a static HTML webpage using iframes. The guide walks through setting up a React project, fetching data from the Crypto Compare API using a custom hook, and styling the widget for better presentation. Additionally, it discusses the concept of widgets, highlighting their framework agnosticism and ability to handle data logic and presentation independently. The tutorial suggests sharing components between React apps via a common component library published on npm, allowing updates to be reflected across projects by merely updating the package. While embedding widgets using iframes is straightforward, the guide advises considering tools like Gatsby for projects with numerous embedded widgets.