React - ES6

React often leverages ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) features for writing concise and modern JavaScript code. ES6 introduces several enhancements and new syntax features that make React code more readable and maintainable. Here are some ES6 features commonly used in React development:

1. Arrow Functions: Arrow functions provide a more concise syntax for defining functions. They are often used for defining functional components and event handlers in React.

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   // Regular function
function MyComponent() {
  // ...
}

   // Arrow function
const MyComponent = () => {
  // ...
};
    

2. Classes: ES6 classes are used for defining React components, especially class components.

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   // ES6 class component
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return <div>Hello, React!</div>;
  }
}

3. Destructuring Assignment: Destructuring allows you to extract values from objects and arrays more easily. It is often used for extracting props in functional components.

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   // Without destructuring
const MyComponent = (props) => {
  return <div>{props.name}</div>;
};

   // With destructuring
const MyComponent = ({ name }) => {
  return <div>{name}</div>;
};
    

4. Template Literals: Template literals provide a convenient way to concatenate strings and include variables.

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   const name = 'John'; // Without template literals const greeting = 'Hello, ' + name + '!'; // With template literals const greeting = `Hello, ${name}!`;

   const name = 'John';

   // Without template literals
const greeting = 'Hello, ' + name + '!';

   // With template literals
const greeting = `Hello, ${name}!`;
    

5. Spread Operator: The spread operator (...) can be used for shallow copying arrays and objects. It is often used for spreading props or state in React.

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   const defaultProps = { color: 'blue' };
const customProps = { size: 'large' };

   // Without spread operator
const mergedProps = Object.assign({}, defaultProps, customProps);

   // With spread operator
const mergedProps = { ...defaultProps, ...customProps };
    

6. Let and Const: ES6 introduces let and const for variable declarations, providing block-scoping for let and immutability for const.

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   // Using let
let count = 0;

   // Using const
const maxCount = 10;
    

7. Promises: Promises provide a cleaner way to handle asynchronous code. They are often used when working with APIs or handling asynchronous operations in React.

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   fetch('https://api.example.com/data')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));

8. Default Parameters: Default parameters allow you to specify default values for function parameters.

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   const greet = (name = 'Guest') => {
  console.log(`Hello, ${name}!`);
};

   greet(); // Outputs: Hello, Guest!
greet('John'); // Outputs: Hello, John!