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Great! You just made a stateful component class named Parent.

Now, let’s make our stateless component class.

Instructions

1.

Select Child.js.

On line 1, import the React.js library. Store the library in a variable named React.

Leave line 2 blank. On line 3, declare a new component named Child. Child will represent your stateless component class.

Add the following method to your Child component class:

render() { return <h1></h1>; }
2.

Child is going to receive a prop called name, and display that prop on the screen.

How can you make a component display a prop called name?

  • To access a prop, use the expression this.props.name-of-prop.

  • To make a component display something, include that thing in the render function’s return statement.

You need to include this.props.name inside of Child‘s render function’s return statement.

Add this expression in between the <h1></h1> tags:

Hey, my name is {this.props.name}!
3.

A <Parent /> is going to pass a prop to a <Child />.

That means that a <Parent /> is going to render a <Child />. Rendering is the only way for a component to pass props to another component.

Any component rendered by a different component must be included in an export statement.

On line 3, put the word export before the word class, so that the line begins: export class Child.

4.

That’s it! Child is ready to inherit a prop and display it.

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