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MERN Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   MERN Quick Start Guide Build web applications with MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787281080
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova Eddy Wilson Iriarte Koroliova
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to the MERN Stack 2. Building a Web server with ExpressJS FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a RESTful API 4. Real-Time Communication with Socket.IO and ExpressJS 5. Managing State with Redux 6. Building Web Applications with React 7. Other Books You May Enjoy

Rendering lists with React

React allows you to pass a collection of React elements or components as children in the form of an array. For instance:

   <ul> 
      {[ 
         <li key={0}>One</li>, 
         <li key={1}>Two</li>, 
      ]} 
   </ul> 

Collections of React elements or components must be given a special props property named key. This property lets React know which of the elements in the collection have changed, moved, or been removed in/from the array when an update occurs.

Getting ready

In this recipe, you will build a utility component that will map each item of an array to a component's props and render them as a list. Before you start, create a new package.json file...

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