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Compound components pattern

Compound components pattern

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Compound components pattern

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In this lecture, we'll learn about the compound components pattern. So what are compound components? They're a design pattern where multiple components are built to work together as a unit. Instead of one big monolithic component, we break it down into smaller parts that collaborate. Here's the key idea. These components share state through React context, so they can stay in sync. At the same time, they allow us to write flexible and expressive UIs, because we can nest and arrange child components however we like. For example, imagine a tabs interface. We have a tabs component that manages the state of which tab is active. Inside it, we place a tab list with tab buttons, and one or more tab panel components. The parent provides the state, and the children consume it to decide how they should look or behave. Let's create the tabs folder inside src/.components and add the tabs.jsx, tablist.jsx, tab.jsx and TabPanel.jsx files for building a tabbed interface component. Moving to Tabs.jsx…

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