Chapter 3. Data and data flow in React
This chapter covers
- Mutable and immutable state
- Stateful and stateless components
- Component communication
- One-way data flow
Chapter 2 was a whirlwind tour of React. We spent some time learning about React at a high level, looked at some of the concepts behind its design and API, and we even went through building a simple comment box with React components. In chapter 4 you’ll start to work more extensively with components and start building the Letters Social sample project. But before you do that, you need to know a little bit more about how to work with data in React and understand how it flows in React applications. That’s what this chapter is about.
3.1. Introducing state
Chapter 2 gave you a few ...
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