Composition and the Children Pattern
Build flexible, reusable UI components by favoring composition over rigid configuration, using slots and the children pattern to keep components adaptable.
Composition Over Configuration
A component that tries to support every layout through dozens of props becomes a tangled mess. Composition solves this: let consumers pass content in, rather than describing it with flags.
This lesson teaches composition patterns that keep components small and flexible.
The Prop Explosion Problem
Consider a Card with showHeader, headerText, showIcon, iconName, showFooter... it never ends.
Each new use case adds a prop. The component grows unmaintainable. Composition lets the consumer supply the pieces instead.
All lessons in this course
- Stateless vs. Stateful Components
- Props, State, & Event Handling
- Accessibility (a11y) Best Practices
- Composition and the Children Pattern