# Week 2

This session is about the concepts of State as used in React components, as well as Conditional Rendering.

## Contents

* [Preparation](/course-content/frontend/react/week2/preparation.md)
* [Session Plan](/course-content/frontend/react/week2/session-plan.md) (for mentors)
* [Assignment](/course-content/frontend/react/week2/assignment.md)

## Session Learning Goals

By the end of this session, you will:

### Props

* [ ] Understand what props are when to use them
* [ ] Be able to pass props to components
* [ ] Know the concept of props as your component's API to make them re-usable
* [ ] Read props using object- and destructuring syntax
* [ ] Be able to forward props to child components
* [ ] Be familiar with child components
* [ ] Deal with rendering child components passed to your components

### State

* [ ] Have a solid understanding of what the difference between Props and State is
* [ ] Understand what State is and know examples of cases when to use it
* [ ] Be familiar to the fact that React uses Hooks
* [ ] Be able to update different kinds of State
* [ ] Have a basic understanding of what causes component re-renders
* [ ] Be able to share State and state update functions with child and parent components

### Conditional Rendering

* [ ] Understand conditional rendering based on Props
* [ ] Conditionally render content based on State


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