CLASS 29

Routing

REVIEW, RESEARCH AND DISCUSS

• HOME

Do child components have direct access to props/state from the parent?

• Child componenets have direct access to a parent state/props using this.state

When a component “wraps” another component, how does the child component’s output get rendered?

• The child component out put gets rendered whenever there is a state change.

Can a component, such as <Content />, which is a child also be used as a standalone component elsewhere in the application?

• No can’t be used

What trick can a parent use to share all props with it’s children

• A parent uses a spread operator to share all props with it’s children

TERMS:

• props.children

• In React it refers to the generic box whose contents are unknown until they’re passed from the parent component.

• composition

• Composition is the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole. Components are the UI building blocks in React applications, like pure functions are the building blocks of function composition.

• HOME