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    Aren't we supposed to avoid updating state directly?

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    what is synthetic Events?

    Posted May 20, 2022 4:55am by karan Badhwar
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  • Mahmoud Talass
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    why didn't you use a button to make the submit button?

    Posted July 18, 2021 12:30pm by Mahmoud Talass
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  • Gennadii Chamorsov
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    After setting the value of input to this.state.value the possibility of typing in there is blocked.

    Posted April 20, 2021 3:32pm by Gennadii Chamorsov
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  • Dan Ogrodnik
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    wondering what the pattern for best practice is when using { this.props.etc } as opposed to {this.props.etc}?

    Posted October 18, 2020 11:11pm by Dan Ogrodnik
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  • Dom Ss
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    What is being passed where in state/value?

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  • Dom Ss
    Dom Ss
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    e.target.value Could you elaborate on that target method?

    Posted February 1, 2020 1:19pm by Dom Ss
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  • Jordan Kayinamura
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    Stateful vs Stateless Components

    Posted January 30, 2020 11:57am by Jordan Kayinamura
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  • Steven Matos
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    TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of null

    Posted April 15, 2019 9:58pm by Steven Matos
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