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JavaScript Building Applications with React and Redux Modularizing the React Scoreboard Application Building the AddPlayerForm Logical Component

Jessica Graham
Jessica Graham
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Posted by Jessica Graham
Jessica Graham
6,878 Points

Why "import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react';" and not simply "import React from 'react';"?

Am I right in thinking that you're just pulling in particular things from React (in this case: Component and PropTypes) as opposed to everything which React contains?

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

The {Component, PropTypes} part lets you refer to those two parts without prefacing them with React. (i.e., Component vs. React.Component) You can also use anything else in React by using React.Something.