What is the difference between default and named exports in React?
A file can have one default export, imported without curly braces and renameable. A file can have many named exports, imported inside curly braces with names that must match. You must import using the matching export style.
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Usually because you used the wrong export style. If the component is a default export, import it without curly braces. If it is a named export, import it with curly braces. Mixing the two causes import errors.
Yes. A file can have one default export and multiple named exports. You import the default without braces and the named ones with braces, in the same statement if you want.
To re-export from a folder and create a clean public interface. Instead of importing from deep paths, you import from the folder, which keeps import paths tidy as the project grows.
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