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Mod 3 Pre-Work

Instructional Pre-Work for Mod 3

Libraries and Frameworks

• What is a JavaScript framework? Watch this video.
• Why would we want to use a framework? Read this article.

There are a bunch of JavaScript frameworks out there to use. At Turing, we choose to teach React - it's one of the most popular frameworks out there. Actually, a lot of developers will call React a library, which it is...but it can also be described as a framework. It's a little confusing, but the lines are blurred for React. Let's just say that React is a library with some rules and conventions to follow.

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React Router Prework

This gist contains a short assignment I'd like everyone to complete before our formal lesson. The prework involves reading some of the React Router documentation, and will allow us to keep the lesson more hands on.

Instructions

1. Fork this gist
2. On your own copy, go through the listed readings and answer associated questions
3. Comment a link to your forked copy on the my gist

Questions / Readings

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/* Prompt: We have defined a basic dropdown via the Dropdown and DropdownItem components below, with example usage in the ExampleNav component. The Dropdown and DropdownItem components have some problems, and also have room for improvements (doesn't everything?) A couple items TODO here (make sure to explain with comments!)

0. How are you today? 😊

Doing okay. :)