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Compound Components
Chapter 1: Getting Started · Lesson 2 of 4 · 18 min video
About this lesson
Learn how compound components let you build flexible, expressive component APIs by sharing implicit state between a parent and its children via context. We'll refactor a rigid Tabs component into a composable one and cover common pitfalls.
What you'll learn
- Sharing state implicitly with React Context
- Designing flexible, composable component APIs
- Avoiding prop drilling in nested component trees
- Common pitfalls and when compound components aren't the right fit
Instructor
Priya Nair
Senior Frontend Engineer · 12 courses
Context provider wraps the Tabs root — children read state via useContext, not props.
Remember to memoize the context value to avoid re-rendering every child on each keystroke.
At 09:30 you mention cloning children with cloneElement — is that still the recommended approach, or should we just use context everywhere?
Good question — context is preferred for most cases now. cloneElement is still handy when you don't control the child tree directly.
Course Content
14/34 doneChapter 1: Getting Started
2/4Introduction to React Patterns
12 min video
Compound Components
18 min · In progress
Render Props & Hooks
15 min video
Chapter 1 Quiz
10 questions
Chapter 2: Compound Components
0/6Sharing State via Context
14 min video
Building a Tabs Component
21 min video
Building an Accordion
17 min video
Chapter 3: Render Props & Hooks
0/5Render Props Pattern
16 min video
Custom Hooks Deep Dive
22 min video
