Advice on JSX Conditionals
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Advice on JSX Conditionals
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Re: Advice on JSX Conditionals
#2It doesn’t necessarily have the same benefits in React, but folks ought to consider using components for control flow, like SolidJS does[1].
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#3I've always found these approaches to writing conditions in JSX to be terrible. Wouldn't it be nice if JavaScript were an expression-oriented language? Then you could just write:
{if (gallery.length) {
}}
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#4I actually really like the nested ternaries. TypeScript understand them very well and you don't have to extract your code outside the render to start using if/else structures. They also format quite well.
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#5Thanks, this is really useful.
I’ve been using this Babel plug-in found it quite intuitive
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#6I've learnt most of those the hard way, event though TSX is a great safe guard because I tend to slip.
I find funny the persistance in sidestepping a `.length > 0` at all costs.
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#7I've always much preferred using local variables to hold conditional fragments. Since React will safely ignore null/undefined, you can do:
let child;
if (someCondition) {
child = ;
}
return (
Maybe here's a child: {child}
);
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#8I just avoid most of it by moving the complex conditional logic into a separate component and rendering that.
I don't think I've run into many issues with this strategy, and keeps my return statements nice and clean.
Re: Advice on JSX Conditionals
#9I just avoid most of it by moving the complex conditional logic into a separate component and rendering that. I don't think I've run into many issues with this strategy, and keeps my return statements nice and clean.
I find ternaries alone to be totally adequate.
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#10its rare but im ok with a nested ternary when its being passed down as a prop. dont wanna use a function in that situation.
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