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useContext in React — Why It Exists and How to Use It Simply

DEV Community·DHANRAJ S·23 days ago
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Hey! Before we start — let me show you something. You have a React app. You want to show the logged-in user's name in three places - the Navbar, the Sidebar, and the Profile page. So you store the name in the top-level component and pass it down. function App () { const user = " Ravi " ; return < Navbar user = { user } />; } Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Simple enough. But then Navbar does not use user directly. It just passes it to another component inside it. function Navbar ({ user }) { return < UserMenu user = { user } />; } Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode And UserMenu passes it further down. function UserMenu ({ user }) { return < p > Welcome, { user } </ p >; } Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Navbar received user — but never used it. It just passed it along like a postman delivering a package it has no interest in. Now imagine this happening across 5 levels of components. That is the problem. And it has a name. 1. What Is Prop Drilling?…

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