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JavaScript React Basics (retired) Designing Data Flow Adding Players to the Scoreboard

Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points
Posted by Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points

how to implement nextId in this code

Application.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import Header from './Header';
import Player from './Player';
import AddPlayerForm from './AddPlayerForm';
import './App.css';



class Application extends Component {

  constructor(props){
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      playerState: this.props.initialPlayers
    };
  }

onScoreChangeApp(index,delta) {
   // console.log("onScoreChangeApp",index,delta);
   this.state.playerState[index].score += delta;
   this.setState(this.state);
}

onPlayerAdd(name) {
  console.log("name added",name);
  this.state.playerState.push({
    name: name,
    score: 0,
    id: 4,
  });
  this.setState(this.state);

}

render(){

    return(
      <div className="scoreboard">
         <Header titleHeader={this.props.titleApp} playerHead={this.props.initialPlayers}/>
           <div className="players">

             {this.state.playerState.map(function(p,index) {
              return (
              <Player onScoreChange={function(delta) {this.onScoreChangeApp(index,delta)}.bind(this)}
                      name={p.name}
                      scoreP={p.score}
                      key={p.id} />
              );
            }.bind(this))}

          </div>
          <AddPlayerForm onAdd={this.onPlayerAdd.bind(this)}/>
      </div>
    );
    }
  }
  Application.propTypes = {
    titleApp: PropTypes.string,
    initialPlayers: PropTypes.arrayOf(
      PropTypes.shape({
                        name: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
                        score: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
                        id: PropTypes.number.isRequired
                     })).isRequired

  };
  Application.defaultProps = {
    titleApp: "Scoreboard",

  };


export default Application;
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points

index.js

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import './App.css';
import Application from './Application';
import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';

var PLAYERS = [
  {
    name: "Rohit Thorat",
    score: 77,
    id: 1
  },
  {
    name: "Son Goku",
    score: 95,
    id: 2
  },
  {
    name: "Prince Vegeta",
    score: 56,
    id: 3
  }
]


ReactDOM.render(<Application initialPlayers={PLAYERS}/>, document.getElementById('root'));
registerServiceWorker();
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points

i am pushing a new player in the array using onPlayerAdd method . Here my id value is hard coded i.e.

this.state.playerState.push({
    name: name,
    score: 0,
    id: 4,
  });

i want to use 

var nextId = 4

and replace it in the code like 

id: nextId

and then increase nextId by 1 , i tried using this - 

onPlayerAdd(name) {
var nextId = 4;
  console.log("name added",name);
  this.state.playerState.push({
    name: name,
    score: 0,
    id: nextId,
  });
  this.setState(this.state);
nextId += 1;
}

but it is not increasing the value of nextId

2 Answers

Tim Renner
Tim Renner
11,163 Points
Tim Renner
Tim Renner
11,163 Points

Rohit, try adding a state variable nextId in your component Constructor, right below playerState. Give it an initial value.

Then use it and increment it in your onPlayerAdd function:

  this.state.playerState.push({
    name: name,
    score: 0,
    id: this.state.nextId,
  });
  this.setState((prevState) => {
    return {nextId: prevState.nextId++};
  });

ref: react docs

Mike Jensen
Mike Jensen
11,718 Points
Mike Jensen
Mike Jensen
11,718 Points

You might consider using shortid. It's an npm library which "creates amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique ids".

You just need to:

  1. install it: npm install shortid
  2. import it: import shortid from 'shortid
  3. use it: id: shortid.generate()