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React components are the core functionality of a React application. Components have life cycle functions to hook in code; support dynamic updating; and can be composed by using controller views. This course covers basic configuration of React components and routing between them without React Router.

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Objectives

Creating React Components start the course create a React component configure simple routing between components in React without React Router create a header for navigation describe some considerations and conventions when naming React components React Life Cycle describe immutable props and mutable state in React components use React component life cycle functions add a key to dynamic child React components create an API for server calls from React create a component with dynamic data use the getInitialState life cycle function to set initial state on a dynamic data component use the componentWillMount life cycle function to update a dynamic data component React Composition compose components in React create a controller view in React configure prop validation on React components understand mixins for a React component Practice: Component Composition create a composite React component and wire up life cycle functions