23_lifecyle.md

2.3 Lifecyle

1. Instantiation

1.1 The lifecycle methods that are called the first time an instance is created

• getDefaultProps
• getInitialState
• componentWillMount
• render
• componentDidMount

1.2 For all subsequent uses of that component class:

• getInitialState
• componentWillMount
• render
• componentDidMount”

2. Lifetime

• componentWillReceiveProps
• shouldComponentUpdate // return true|false

  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
    return nextProps.id !== this.props.id;
  }

• componentWillUpdate //not called for the initial render
• render
• componentDidUpdate

3. Teardown & cleanup

• componentWillUnmount