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Jenn Creighton
October 14, 2018
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The how and why of flexible React components THE HOW
AND WHY OF FLEXIBLE REACT COMPONENTS
Hi! I’m Jenn. Senior Frontend Engineer, ClassPass @gurlcode
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with Tooltip with Dot with Modal withDot withModal withTooltip @gurlcode
<BlockComponent className=“block block-md block—orange” message={message} withTooltip={false} withModal modalProps={modalProps} userId={userId} userName={userName}
withDot={false} experimentRunning experimentId={experimentId} colorChange={false} showMessageOnLoad onModalClose={() => {}} hasRoundedCorners withAnalytics analyticsProps={analyticsProps} /> BEWARE THE APROPSCALYPSE <BlockComponent className=“block block—md block—orange” withTooltip={false} withDot={false} withModal modalProps={modalProps} onModalClose={onModalClose} onMouseOver={onMouseOver} withExperiment experimentId={experimentId} userName={userName} userId={userId} analyticsProps={analyticsProps} roundedCorners /> @gurlcode
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reusable !== flexible @gurlcode
Flexibility is about more than reusability. It’s about the ability
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Keep business logic out of your components. @gurlcode
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Centralized logic is easier to reason about @gurlcode
Test the component separate from the logic @gurlcode
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components = { reserve: ReserveCta, join: JoinCta, cancel: CancelCta, disable:
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const Component = components[type]; @gurlcode
const Component =`${left || right}Sidebar`; @gurlcode
const Component = props.isCard ? ( <Card> <Content /> </Card>
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<ScheduleCta type={?} className=“” />
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Decreased prop complexity Use whatever logic we want Use individual
CTAs alone Add & remove CTAs with ease Use whatever logic we want Use individual CTAs alone Add & remove CTAs with ease @gurlcode
CTAs added and removed for A/B tests Removing Disable CTA
on some pages Classnames changed Messaging changed for ReserveCta Ask for specific CTA on specific page @gurlcode
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Render Props* *children as a function @gurlcode
… so what if children were a function? @gurlcode
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Render Props === state delegate children function === UI handler
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https://reactjs.org/docs/render-props.html https://github.com/paypal/downshift @gurlcode
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you === flexible @gurlcode
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Know your traps. @gurlcode
Kill your darlings. @gurlcode
Start with the ideal API Let the API inform the
component design Decide what level of magic you want Business logic does not belong in components Render Props is awesome (use it!) Be flexible as an engineer (know your traps, kill your darlings) @gurlcode
Thank you! Content by Jenn Creighton Illustrations by Janny Ji
(jannyji.com) @gurlcode