Use babel-loader from react-scripts

app/react/src/server/__snapshots__/cra-config.test.js.snap

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Object {
       ".jsx",
     ],
   },
+  "resolveLoader": Object {
+    "modules": Array [
+      "node_modules",
+      "/app/react/src/server/__mocks__/react-scripts-2-0-0/node_modules",
+    ],
+  },
 }
 `;
 
@@ -110,5 +116,11 @@ Object {
       ".tsx",
     ],
   },
+  "resolveLoader": Object {
+    "modules": Array [
+      "node_modules",
+      "/app/react/src/server/__mocks__/react-scripts-2-1-0/node_modules",
+    ],
+  },
 }
 `;

app/react/src/server/cra-config.js

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function isReactScriptsInstalled(requiredVersion = '2.0.0') {
   try {
     // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-dynamic-require,global-require
     const reactScriptsJson = require(path.join(getReactScriptsPath(), 'package.json'));
-    return !semver.lt(reactScriptsJson.version, requiredVersion);
+    return !semver.gtr(requiredVersion, reactScriptsJson.version);
   } catch (e) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -176,5 +176,8 @@ export function applyCRAWebpackConfig(baseConfig, configDir) {
       ...baseConfig.resolve,
       extensions: [...baseConfig.resolve.extensions, ...tsExtensions],
     },
+    resolveLoader: {
+      modules: ['node_modules', path.join(getReactScriptsPath(), 'node_modules')],
+    },
   };
 }

app/react/src/server/cra-config.test.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jest.mock('mini-css-extract-plugin', () => {});
 
 const SCRIPT_PATH = '.bin/react-scripts';
 
+const stripCwd = loaderPath => loaderPath.replace(process.cwd(), '');
+
 describe('cra-config', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     fs.realpathSync.mockReset();
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ esac
 if [ -x "$basedir/node" ]; then
   "$basedir/node"  "$basedir/../custom-react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js" "$@"
   ret=$?
-else 
+else
   node  "$basedir/../custom-react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js" "$@"
   ret=$?
 fi
@@ -103,7 +105,10 @@ exit $ret`
     });
 
     it('should apply styling webpack rules', () => {
-      expect(applyCRAWebpackConfig(mockConfig, '/test-project')).toMatchSnapshot();
+      const webpackConfig = applyCRAWebpackConfig(mockConfig, '/test-project');
+      // We don't want full paths in snapshots.
+      webpackConfig.resolveLoader.modules = webpackConfig.resolveLoader.modules.map(stripCwd);
+      expect(webpackConfig).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
   });
 
@@ -116,7 +121,10 @@ exit $ret`
     });
 
     it('should apply Babel, styling rules and merge plugins', () => {
-      expect(applyCRAWebpackConfig(mockConfig, '/test-project')).toMatchSnapshot();
+      const webpackConfig = applyCRAWebpackConfig(mockConfig, '/test-project');
+      // We don't want full paths in snapshots.
+      webpackConfig.resolveLoader.modules = webpackConfig.resolveLoader.modules.map(stripCwd);
+      expect(webpackConfig).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
   });
 });

app/react/src/server/framework-preset-cra.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import path from 'path';
 import { logger } from '@storybook/node-logger';
-import { applyCRAWebpackConfig, isReactScriptsInstalled } from './cra-config';
+import { applyCRAWebpackConfig, getReactScriptsPath, isReactScriptsInstalled } from './cra-config';
 
 export function webpackFinal(config, { configDir }) {
   if (!isReactScriptsInstalled()) {
@@ -12,6 +13,19 @@ export function webpackFinal(config, { configDir }) {
   return applyCRAWebpackConfig(config, configDir);
 }
 
+export function managerWebpack(config) {
+  if (!isReactScriptsInstalled()) {
+    return config;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...config,
+    resolveLoader: {
+      modules: ['node_modules', path.join(getReactScriptsPath(), 'node_modules')],
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 export function babelDefault(config) {
   if (!isReactScriptsInstalled()) {
     return config;

lib/cli/generators/REACT_SCRIPTS/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import mergeDirs from 'merge-dirs';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import semver from 'semver';
 import { getVersions, getPackageJson, writePackageJson, installBabel } from '../../lib/helpers';
 
 export default async npmOptions => {
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ export default async npmOptions => {
   packageJson.devDependencies['@storybook/addon-links'] = linksVersion;
   packageJson.devDependencies['@storybook/addons'] = addonsVersion;
 
-  await installBabel(npmOptions, packageJson);
+  // When working with `create-react-app@>=2.0.0`, we know `babel-loader` is installed.
+  if (semver.gtr('2.0.0', packageJson.dependencies['react-scripts'])) {
+    await installBabel(npmOptions, packageJson);
+  }
 
   packageJson.scripts.storybook = 'start-storybook -p 9009';
   packageJson.scripts['build-storybook'] = 'build-storybook';

lib/core/src/server/build-static.js

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ async function buildManager(configType, outputDir, configDir, options) {
     outputDir,
     configDir,
     corePresets: [require.resolve('./manager/manager-preset.js')],
+    frameworkPresets: options.frameworkPresets,
   });
 
   if (options.debugWebpack) {

lib/core/src/server/manager/manager-config.js

@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ async function getManagerWebpackConfig(options, presets) {
 }
 
 export default async options => {
-  const { corePresets = [], overridePresets = [], ...restOptions } = options;
+  const { corePresets = [], frameworkPresets = [], overridePresets = [], ...restOptions } = options;
 
   const presetsConfig = [
     ...corePresets,
     require.resolve('../common/babel-cache-preset.js'),
+    ...frameworkPresets,
     ...loadCustomPresets(options),
     ...overridePresets,
   ];

lib/core/src/server/utils/load-custom-babel-config.js

@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@ function loadFromPath(babelConfigPath) {
 }
 
 function isBabelLoader8() {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-dynamic-require,global-require
-  const babelLoaderPkg = require(resolveSync('babel-loader/package.json', {
-    basedir: process.cwd(),
-  }));
-  return satisfies(babelLoaderPkg.version, '>=8.0.0-0');
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-dynamic-require,global-require
+    const babelLoaderPkg = require(resolveSync('babel-loader/package.json', {
+      basedir: process.cwd(),
+    }));
+    return satisfies(babelLoaderPkg.version, '>=8.0.0-0');
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 export default async function(configDir, getDefaultConfig) {