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ReactJS Good Practices

Certainly, I can provide examples and references for each of the React best practices mentioned earlier:

1)Component-Based Architecture:

Example: Break your application into reusable components, such as creating separate components for a header, sidebar, and content area.
Reference: React's official documentation on Components: https://reactjs.org/docs/components-and-props.html

2)Class Components vs. Functional Components:

Example: Define a functional component using hooks:

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import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

function MyComponent() {
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

useEffect(() => {
document.title = Count: ${count};
}, [count]);

return (


Count: {count}


setCount(count + 1)}>Increment

);
}
Reference: React's official documentation on Hooks: https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html

3)State Management:

Example: Using the Context API for state management:

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const MyContext = React.createContext();

function MyProvider({ children }) {
const [state, setState] = useState(initialState);

return (

{children}

);
}
Reference: React's official documentation on Context: https://reactjs.org/docs/context.html

4)Props:

Example: Defining PropTypes for a functional component:

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import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

function Greeting(props) {
return

Hello, {props.name};
}

Greeting.propTypes = {
name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
};
Reference: PropTypes documentation: https://reactjs.org/docs/typechecking-with-proptypes.html

5)Component Lifecycle:

Example: Using componentDidMount and componentWillUnmount in class components:

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class MyComponent extends React.Component {
componentDidMount() {
// Initialize data or perform side effects
}

componentWillUnmount() {
// Cleanup tasks, e.g., removing event listeners
}

render() {
return

Component content;
}
}
Reference: React's official documentation on Component Lifecycle: https://reactjs.org/docs/state-and-lifecycle.html

6) Component Organization:

Example: Organize components in a directory structure:

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src/
components/
Header.js
Sidebar.js
Content.js

7) Conditional Rendering:

Example: Using conditional rendering with ternary operators:

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function MyComponent({ isLoggedIn }) {
return isLoggedIn ?

Welcome, User!

:

Please log in.

;
}
Reference: Conditional rendering in React: https://reactjs.org/docs/conditional-rendering.html

8)Keys:

Example: Adding keys to elements in a list:

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function MyList({ items }) {
return (

    {items.map((item, index) => (
  • {item}
  • ))}

);
}
Reference: React's documentation on Lists and Keys: https://reactjs.org/docs/lists-and-keys.html

9)Performance:

Example: Using React.memo for functional component optimization:

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import React from 'react';

const MyComponent = React.memo(function(props) {
// Component logic
});
Reference: React's documentation on React.memo: https://reactjs.org/docs/react-api.html#reactmemo

10)Error Handling:

Example: Implementing an error boundary:
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class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component {
state = { hasError: false };

componentDidCatch(error, info) {
this.setState({ hasError: true });
// Log error information
}

render() {
if (this.state.hasError) {
return

Something went wrong.;
}
return this.props.children;
}
}
Reference: React's documentation on Error Boundaries: https://reactjs.org/docs/error-boundaries.html

These examples and references should help you understand and apply the React best practices mentioned earlier in your development projects.

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