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React Information Flow Lab

Learning Goals

• Use callback functions to update state in a parent component
• Move state based on which components need access to it

Introduction

Last time we worked on the Shopping List app, we ended up with the following component hierarchy:

App
└── ShoppingList
    ├── Item
    ├── Item
    └── Item

However, it would probably make more sense to break the app down more like this:

App
├── Header
└── ShoppingList
    ├── Filter
    ├── Item
    ├── Item
    └── Item

Your goal is to refactor the code from the previous shopping list lab to match the component structure in the image above. As you work on refactoring the code, keep in mind:

• Which components should hold state? Which components need access to that state?
• How can we update state in one component from a child component?

Also, remember what we learned in the previous lesson:

• For information to propagate down the component tree, parents pass props to their children
• For information to propagate up the component tree, we typically invoke callbacks that were passed from parents to children as props
• Components of the same level (sibling components) cannot communicate directly! We can only communicate up and down the component tree. So if multiple components need to share the same information, that state should live in the parent component (or a more general ancestor).

Deliverables

Header

Create a Header component by refactoring the <header> element out of the App component. Clicking on the <button> inside of the Header component should still toggle dark mode on and off.

You will need to pass a callback function as a prop called onDarkModeClick to the Header component in order for the test to pass.

Filter

Create a Filter component by refactoring the <select> element out of the ShoppingList component. Changing the selection in the dropdown should still change which items are displayed in the shopping list.

You will need to pass a callback function as a prop called onCategoryChange to the Filter component in order for the test to pass.

Resources

• React Docs on useState