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JavaScript React Components (2018) Managing State and Data Flow Lifting State Up

Darren legore
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Darren legore
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Posted by Darren legore
Darren legore
Courses Plus Student 9,871 Points

out of date - the industry is using functional components. Please can you update this course.

The industry has moved from class components to functional components. This course is out of date and not helping me. I am forced to use youtube content instead as I can't get up-to-date and industry standard content here.

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Laura Coronel
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Laura Coronel
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Laura Coronel
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Hi Darren legore and Steven Vallarsa! We are doing just that! We are working on updating our React content! Like Steven pointed out, rewriting complex applications is expensive and time consuming, and for this reason you are likely to encounter and work with React 16 and Class components within industry. We trust that ample education in the foundational concepts will build and reinforce your understanding of core JavaScript concepts.

Steven Vallarsa
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Steven Vallarsa
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There is a tremendous amount of legacy code out there written before React Hooks came into existence, so it’s wise to have a solid understanding of the old class component way of doing things. But still, the focus of these React courses should be on functional components.