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Discussion on: Explain React State & Props Like I'm Five

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Amin • Edited

Imagine you have a Star Wars lego kit. The Cantina would be the component, and the props would be the chairs and maybe some music instruments played by the musicians. There can be multiple Cantinas in the same planet, which have differents setup (two chairs, four musicians, ...).

Now, imagine that the Cantina is only opened the day. So you put a sign outside before going to bed indicating that this is time to close the bar. The fact that the sign is there or not (boolean) would be your state. Of course, only the bar manager would be able to change the state of this boolean (you don't want other's component like the Jedi temple to dicate when to open or close your bar, don't you?)

May the force be with you.