Why is a foundations checklist important in React?
Because Episode 4 builds directly on the foundation of JSX and components. If any core concept is shaky, later episodes feel harder than they actually are. Nailing the foundation makes everything that follows click faster.
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You should be able to write a functional component from scratch, explain how JSX differs from HTML, compose components with props, know functional vs class components, split components sensibly, and debug basic JSX errors.
If you can name the key differences from HTML (className, camelCase attributes, style as an object, closed tags, expressions in braces) and explain that JSX compiles to createElement calls, your understanding is solid enough to proceed.
Yes, sensibly. Given a large component, you should be able to identify what to extract into smaller components based on responsibility and reuse, without creating unnecessary abstraction.
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