State

How it is used

Developers set, update, share and reset state, and 'lift state up' to a parent component. Global state is shared across the app, often with a state management library; local state belongs to one component. When state changes, the UI re-renders.

Example sentences

1. Keep the filter values in state so the list updates when they change.

2. The cart count is wrong because two components keep their own copy of the state.

Common collocations

• update state
• global state
• local state
• state management
• lift state up

Related terms

• componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.
• renderTo turn code and data into what the user sees, either in the browser, which draws the page, or on the server, which builds the HTML.
• single-page applicationA web app that loads one HTML page and then updates the content with JavaScript as the user moves around, instead of loading a new page each time.
• frameworkA ready-made set of code, tools and rules for building applications, such as Angular, Vue, Next.js or Laravel, that shapes how a project is organized.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• state · Software Engineering
• state · Politics & Government

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