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Alex Kaplan
Alex Kaplan
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Posted by Alex Kaplan
Alex Kaplan
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When should I use initialList when rendering the container?

In the previous course, when rendering the container, the "items" array was defined using <App initialList={items} />.

In this practice session, the container is rendered with <PlanetList planets={planets} />.

Is there any difference between declaring the array as initalList vs. a custom name? Or is initialList just another name?

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Rohald van Merode
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Hey Alex Kaplan 👋

There are no differences between these two examples in terms of how they work. The planets and initialList are just how the props have been named for these components and can be called pretty much anything you want 🙂