Understanding Forward Ref in React

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Introduction

A ref can be automatically passed via a component to one of its children using the ref forwarding approach. For the majority of the application's components, this is often not required. However, it can be helpful for specific types of components, particularly in libraries of reusable components.

Goals

In this article, we will go through a complete discussion of the forwardRef in react. We will understand the use cases and some examples and see the importance of forwardRef.

Outline

• Introduction
• What is is Ref
• How to Create Refs in React

• Callback Refs
• Using React.createRef() API
• Using useRef() hook

• Forwarding Ref with React.forwardRef()
• Conclusion

Sample articles

https://vcnation.hashnode.dev/examine-reactivex-using-typescript-and-nodejs

https://vcnation.hashnode.dev/how-to-build-serverless-applications-using-the-serverless-framework-and-fauna

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