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A <Parent /> is supposed to pass its state to a <Child />.

Before a <Parent /> can pass anything to a <Child />, you need to import Child into Parent.js.

Instructions

1.

To import a local component, we will need to modify our import syntax to use local files and named exports. For example, if we wanted to import a component called ComponentName from a local file called Component.js we would write

import { ComponentName } from './Component';

On line 3, import the Child component from Child.js.

Parent.js and Child.js share the same parent directory.

2.

Great! Now Parent is ready to pass its state to a <Child />.

Inside of Parent‘s .render() method’s return statement, get rid of the <div></div>.

Replace it with a <Child /> instance.

Give <Child /> an attribute with a name of name. The attribute’s value should be the name property stored in this.state.

3.

All that’s left is to render your components!

At the bottom of Parent.js, call ReactDOM.render();.

For ReactDOM.render()‘s first argument, pass in <Parent />.

For ReactDOM.render‘s second argument, pass in document.getElementById('app').

Rendering <Parent /> will render both components, because Parent‘s render function returns a <Child />. Click Run, and see the rendered information that you passed down from Parent.

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