Gain insights into advanced React patterns with hooks. Learn about optimizing components with hooks over traditional methods like render props or higher-order components for better efficiency.

With the release of hooks, certain React patterns have gone out of style. Hooks are likely the way we’ll be writing React components for the next couple of years, so they are quite important. React patterns can still be used, but in most cases, developers will be better off using hooks. For example, they should choose hooks over render props or higher-order components. There may be specific cases where the aforementioned could still be used, but most of the time, hooks are better. That being said, this course will teach you some of the more advanced React patterns implemented with hooks.

Advanced React Patterns With Hooks

## What is an Expandable Component?

We’ll be building an `Expandable` component. It will have a clickable header that toggles the display of an associated body of content. 


 

# What is an Expandable Component?

We’ll be building an `Expandable` component. It will have a clickable header that toggles the display of an associated body of content. 


 

In this lesson, we will set up an expandable component that is based on the compound component pattern

Introduction

Compound Components Pattern

Control Props

Props Collection

Prop Getters

State Initializer

State Reducer

Conclusion

Example: Building an Expandable Component

What is an Expandable Component?