Using React Context API in SPFx
Introduction Hi friends, this blog post will guide you through the usage of Context API which is one of the new features introduced in the latest version of React in SPFx projects . What is React Context and When to use it In a normal React application, the properties are passed top-down from parent to child and then to the grandchild via props. It works great in simple react applications, but this will be very tedious for complex applications. Context provides us an easy way to share the props without having them pass through all the intermediate components. Context should be primarily used when the properties must be accessible by many components at different nesting levels. We must apply it with cautious because sometimes it makes the reuse of the components more difficult. How can we use it in SPFx? I hope many of you are aware of the SPFx development model, where we might need to pass the properties that are captured ...