What are stateful components?

If the behaviour of a component is dependent on the state of the component then it can be termed as stateful component. These stateful components are always class components and have a state that gets initialized in the constructor.

class App extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = { count: 0 };
}
render() {
// ...
}
}

React 16.8 Update:

Hooks let you use state and other React features without writing classes.

The Equivalent Functional Component

import React, {useState} from 'react';
const App = (props) => {
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
return (
// JSX
)
}

February 14, 2022
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