Blog 5

• Discuss in words something you learned in class today or this week

This week we learned about mapStateToProps and mapDispatchToProps, and how to use them

• What is Redux?

Redux is a javascript library that acts primarily as a state manager

• What is ‘Store’ in Redux?

Store is an immutable object tree that holds the applications state

• How is state changed in Redux?

The state can be changed by emitting an action

• What is the difference between a Presentational component and a Container component?

Presentational components are concerned with the front end and what is displayed, while container components are used for storing and reading information from the back end

• What is the second argument that can optionally be passed to setState and what is its purpose?

a callback function that executes when setState is completed and the part is re-rendered

• What is your opinion of currently popular frameworks/libraries? List and provide your thoughts.

I have really liked using the css framework MaterialUI, and have found its documentation helpful and relatively easy to implement