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Project: Shopping list

Review the goal and steps of the shopping list project.

Project: Shopping list

In this project we will build a small shopping list app. Three pieces: an Item that draws one row, a ListBody that draws the whole list, and an EmptyState shown when the list is empty.

Each lesson adds one piece; the last lesson joins everything. We keep the data as a fixed array; state comes in later groups.

First we lay out the skeleton: a section and a heading.

Data model

Each item in the shopping list has three fields: id (unique identity), name (product name) and qty (quantity).

Example: { id: 1, name: "Bread", qty: 2 }. We will use id as the key and name as the label. qty shows up later.

Keeping the data fixed makes the components easy to write; interaction comes in later groups.

Practice ShoppingApp skeleton

Complete the skeleton. Write a ShoppingApp component that returns <section> with <h1>Shopping List</h1> inside. Export it.

Starter code

App.jsx
// Define ShoppingApp here

Sample solution

App.jsx
function ShoppingApp() {
  return <section><h1>Shopping List</h1></section>;
}

export default ShoppingApp;

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 Which component is written first in this project?

App.jsx
We go from the small piece to the big one.
  • ListBody
  • EmptyState
  • Item Correct answer
  • Router

Explanation: Item comes first; ListBody then calls it.

2 Project: Shopping list: fill in the missing part

Question 
<section><h1>____</h1></section>
Answer 
<section><h1>Shopping List</h1></section>

Explanation: The heading is an h1 inside section.

3 Project: Shopping list: match the terms

Term Meaning
Item Draws one row
ListBody Draws the whole list
EmptyState Shows empty message
section Outer shell

All lessons in Beginner

1 React intro

  1. What is React?
  2. Setup and Vite
  3. Your first component
  4. Summary - React intro

2 JSX basics

  1. What is JSX?
  2. Expressions and curly braces
  3. Attributes and className
  4. Summary - JSX basics

3 Components

  1. Component logic
  2. Component tree
  3. Naming rules
  4. Summary - Components

4 Profile card

  1. Project: Profile card
  2. Avatar component
  3. Info list
  4. Assemble the card

5 Props

  1. What are props?
  2. Reading props
  3. Children prop
  4. Default props
  5. Summary - Props

6 Conditional rendering

  1. What is conditional rendering?
  2. Ternary operator
  3. Logical AND (&&)
  4. Early return
  5. Summary - Conditional rendering

7 List rendering

  1. What is list rendering?
  2. The key attribute
  3. Array to components
  4. Filtering and sorting
  5. Summary - List rendering

8 Shopping list

  1. Project: Shopping list
  2. Item component
  3. List body
  4. Empty state

9 Events

  1. Events
  2. The event object
  3. Form events
  4. Summary - Events

10 useState

  1. What is state?
  2. The useState call
  3. Updating state
  4. Multiple state values
  5. Summary - useState

11 Counter app

  1. Project: Counter app
  2. Number and buttons
  3. Decrement and reset
  4. Boundary control

12 Forms

  1. Controlled input
  2. Form submission
  3. Multiple fields
  4. Summary - Forms

13 Styling

  1. Styling with CSS
  2. CSS Modules
  3. Inline styles
  4. Summary - Styling

14 styled-components

  1. What is styled-components?
  2. Styling with props
  3. Using themes
  4. Summary - styled-components

15 useReducer

  1. What is useReducer?
  2. Action and state
  3. useState vs useReducer
  4. Summary - useReducer

16 useEffect

  1. What is useEffect?
  2. Dependency array
  3. Cleanup function
  4. Summary - useEffect

17 Context

  1. What is context?
  2. createContext
  3. Provider and useContext
  4. Summary - Context

18 useRef

  1. What is useRef?
  2. DOM access
  3. Timer example
  4. Summary - useRef

19 Todo app

  1. Project: Todo app
  2. Todo entry form
  3. Todo list
  4. Filter and summary

20 Beginner final

  1. Challenge: Weather card
  2. Challenge: Cart summary
  3. Challenge: Counter and reset
  4. Challenge: Dropdown menu