react-events-and-state

Question 1

What is the purpose of state in React?

Answer 1

The purpose of state is to contain data or information about a component at any given time. This allows the user to control the

Question 2

How do you pass an event handler to a React element?

Answer 2

You specify a method of the “this” object and pass it into the event handler inside of the “render” method’s code block

ex. render() {
return (
< button onClick = { this.handleClick } >
{ this.state.isClicked ? ‘Thanks!’ : ‘Click Me!’ }
< / button >
);
}