This repository is a practical implementation of the concept discussed in the blog post "React: Call Child Functions from Parent Functional Component" available on Abrahamberg's Blog. It provides a hands-on example to demonstrate how a parent component in React can call a function in a child component, a common yet sometimes challenging pattern in React development.
The primary goal of this repository is to offer a live, editable example to accompany the theoretical concepts discussed in the blog. It includes a simple React application built with Next.js, showcasing the parent-child communication pattern in React. The components of discussion, ChatComponent and ParentComponent, can be found in the src/components directory.
For a detailed explanation of the code and the concepts behind it, please refer to the main article on Abrahamberg's Blog.
You can run and experiment with this project in several ways:
- Clone the repository to your local machine using:
git clone https://github.com/abrahamberg/react-parent-call-child-function.git - Navigate to the cloned directory:
cd react-parent-call-child-function - Install the necessary dependencies:
npm install - Run the development server:
npm run dev
- Download the ZIP file of the project from GitHub.
- Extract the files and navigate to the project directory.
- Follow steps 3 and 4 from the "Clone the Repository" section above.
- Open the repository on GitHub.
- Use GitHub Codespaces to open and run the project in a fully configured development environment in your browser.
After running the project, you can access the application at http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
npm run dev
Feel free to open an issue for any queries, feedback, or suggestions. Contributions to enhance this example or to extend the learning material are always welcome!