React

Rerendering files in React

React will only update parts of the DOM that have changed. i.e. if there is a change to the props

React life cycles

componentDidMount: Runs after component rendered on DOM. Usually ran once

componentWillUnmount: Runs when the component is removed from DOM. Ran once.

componentDidUpdate: (After rendering) Runs when prop/state is changed

Handling Events

React events are named using camelCase rather than lowercase. JSX passes function to event handler.

Use e.preventDefault() to prevent default behaviour.

React uses synthetic event. Synthetic event is a cross browser wrapper over the browser’s native event.

events are not persisted in code.