11. What is a
Virtual DOM?
A Javascript Object that is a
“virtual”, representation of the
“real” DOM.
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12. Why use
react?
● Updates and renders only the elements that
change/update in the DOM( hence quick rendering
)
● Build encapsulated components that manage their
own state.
● React can also render on the server using Node
and powerful mobile apps using react native.
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13. History of
React
● Created by Jordan Walke, a software engineer
at Facebook
● First deployed on Facebook's newsfeed in 2011 and
later on Instagram.com in 2012
● Open-sourced at JSConf US in May 2013
● Facebook announced React Fiber, on April 18, 2017
● React 360 V1.0.0 was released to the public on April
19, 2017
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14. 1- Add React in a Minute (Using React Scripts
) 2- Using create-react-app
3 Using Parcel
4 Using Webpack and Babel
Set up React
App
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15. Class Based Components
Extend React Component Class and
it requires us to use render()
React Components
Functional Based Components
Are pure JavaScript function that
accepts props as its argument,
and returns some JSX
Components allow you to split the UI into independent reusable pieces
of JS codes.
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17. JSX ( JavaScript-
XML )
● JSX is a XML-like syntax extension to JavaScript that creates
React elements.
● Its makes your code human readable, we had to use
React.createElement()
● Gives us expressiveness of JavaScript along with HTML like
template syntax.
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26. What is a component state?
● A State of a component is an object, that holds some
information that may change throughout the component
lifecycle.
● We define initial state and then we just have to notify that the
state is changed and the react will automatically render those
changes on the front end behind the scenes.
● Every time the state changes the changes get re-rendered so the
UI(front end) changes automatically.
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27. Props
● Props are inputs to components.
● Single values or objects containing a set of values that are passed
to components on creation, using a naming convention similar to
HTML-tag attributes
● They are used to:
1-Pass custom data to your
component.
2-Trigger state changes.
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28. Important Points
● React may batch multiple setState() calls into a single update
for performance.
● Because this.props and this.state may be updated
asynchronously, you should not rely on their values for
calculating the next state
● State is local or encapsulated. It is not accessible to any
component other than the one that owns and sets it.
● A component may choose to pass its state down as props to its child
components
● Imagine a component tree as a waterfall of props, each
component’s state is like an additional water source that joins it
at an arbitrary point but also flows down
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29. Difference between State &
Props
Props
=Props is passed by the parent to
the Child components
-A component should never modify
its own props
Component State
=State is managed within
a component for internal
communication
- State can be modified using
setState() and when value of
state changes render() is called.
The props( properties ) and state are both JavaScript objects. Props are
like an args of a function and states are like local variables inside the
function
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32. Component
LifeCycle
Mounting
- Component is
constructed with the given
Props and default state.
This is done inside
constructor()
-Component came into
the DOM
Updating
- When the state of a
component is
updated
Every React Component has a lifecycle of its own, which has different
stages.
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Unmounting
- Component is
removed from
the page
34. Constructor
● Overrides the constructor of React.Component
● Required only when we initialize state or bind
methods.
E.g. this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
● Call super(props) before any other statement.
● Do not call setState() inside it
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35. getDerivedStateFromProps
● Invoked right before calling the render method
● Called both on the initial mount and on subsequent
updates
● Should return an object to update the state, or null to
update nothing.
● Rare use cases where the state depends on changes
in props
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36. ComponentDidMount
● Load data from a remote endpoint
● Calling setState() here will trigger an extra
rendering, but it will happen before the browser
updates the screen.
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37. shouldComponentUpdate
● Exists as a performance optimization
● Not called for the initial render or when forceUpdate() is used.
● Use built-in PureComponent instead of writing
shouldComponentUpdate()
● PureComponent performs a shallow comparison of props and
state, and reduces the chance that you’ll skip a necessary update.
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38. render
● Required method in a class component
● Should return React Elements ( JSX ) or Arrays and
fragments or Portals or String and numbers or
Booleans or null
● Should not modify component state
● It does not directly interact with the browser.
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39. getSnapshotBeforeUpdate
● Invoked right before the most recently rendered output is
committed to e.g. the DOM
● Capture some information from the DOM (e.g. scroll
position) before it is potentially changed
● Returned value will be passed as a parameter to
componentDidUpdate()
● Example to use it: A chat thread that need to handle scroll
position in a special way.
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40. ComponentDidUpdate
● Invoked immediately after updating occurs.
● Calling setState() here will trigger an extra rendering, but it will
happen before the browser updates the screen.
● setState() can be called but it must be wrapped in a
condition.
● If getSnapshotBeforeUpdate() is implemented, snapshot
param will be available, else undefined.
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41. ComponentWillUnmount
● invoked immediately before a component is
unmounted.
● For e.g. Invalidating timers, canceling network
requests, or cleaning up any subscriptions.
● should not call setState() as component will never
be
rerendered.
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44. Reconciliation
● When a component’s props or state change,
React decides whether an actual DOM update is
necessary
by comparing,
newly returned element = previously rendered one. ?
When they are not equal, React will update the DOM
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45. HOC
● A function that takes a component and returns a
new component.
● Advanced technique in React for reusing component
logic.
● Not part of the React API
● A pattern that emerges from React’s compositional
nature.
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46. Pure Components
● React.PureComponent implements it with a shallow
prop and state comparison and does not re-render if the
they don’t change.
● So it handles shouldComponentUpdate() for you
● Does not re-render if nextState = prevState
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47. Memo
● React.memo is a higher order component.
● Similar to React.PureComponent but for functional based
components instead of classes.
● If your function component renders the same result
given the same props, you can wrap it in a call to
React.memo
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48. Use of
Refs
● React.createRef creates a reference that can be
attached to React elements via the ref attribute.
● Avoid using jQuery as you have to import the jQuery
library. as we’re going to manipulate the dom
● Compared to using jQuery, elements can be
faster referenced in a React way using Refs
● Refs are not present during the initial render
. You can
initialize it in constructor. However you must use it
inside one of the React’s lifecycle events such as
componentDidMount or componentDidUpdate.
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50. Context
● Universal centralized data for your application.
● Used to share data, such as the current authenticated
user,
theme, or preferred language, between components.
● We can avoid passing props through
intermediate elements
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54. Pros of
Context
● Set context on top and all the components in the
middle don’t have to know anything about it
● The one down at the bottom can access it
● Fills the same need as redux.
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55. Cons of
Context
● Makes debugging difficult
● Difficult to figure out what caused the error when you
cannot see the data in the child components that is not
importing Context
● You have to look at all the components which are
Consuming it to figure out which one of them caused
the problem
● Use context only when you have to.
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56. Difference between
Component state & Store state
Component State
=State is managed
within a component
- State value can
change, and then
render function is called.
Store state
=Store State is updated,
by the reducer, when
an action is triggered.
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