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Class definition in React

Kayut on January 18, 2019

Does a Class component in React need to have a constructor like the following example: class App extends React.Component { constructor() { ...

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@kayut If you don't have child class means, you can use as second option like without constructor.

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And note that the state is initialized as a property outside of constructor, this. should be dropped.

class App extends React.Component {
  // not this.state but just state
  state = {
    count: 0
  };
  render() { ...  }
}